NCT02676115

Medipore Tape Study

The Use of Wound Taping Protocol to Improve Cosmetic Scar After Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a prospective, single-blinded, two-arm, randomized, parallel, pragmatic, effectiveness trial that will enroll patients undergoing arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in order to evaluate the efficacy of using Medipore tape to improve cosmetic wound healing and scaring.

Conditions

• Scarring

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standard Post Operative Skin Care	Control group subjects will receive the standard post-operative skin care which are steri-strips covered with gauze, and this will be removed at the first visit. No additional skin dressings will be used in the control group.
OTHER	Medipore Tape	* One layer of Medipore tape will be placed across the incision. * Patients will be instructed on how to change the tape, and will be encouraged to change the tape as often as once per week for hygiene. When patients return to the office for their regularly scheduled visit, the Medipore tape will be changed and a picture of the scar will be taken.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2016-02-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2016-02-08
• Last updated: 2016-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States