NCT03134053

Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Hypertrophy Scar

Assessment of the Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Hypertrophy Scar

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mackay Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Assess the effect of extracorporeal shock waves on hypertrophy scar

Detailed description

Prolonged and abnormal scarring after trauma, burns and surgical procedures often results in functional and cosmetic deformities. A wide variety of treatments have been advocated for pathologic scars regression. Unfortunately, the reported efficacy has been variable.Unfocused extracorporeal shock wave therapy is a feasible and non-intensive treatment. And it is an emerging option for the treatment of painful and retracting scars. Administration of ESWT appears to result in significant improvements in scar clinical appearance, mobility and subjective pain. Clinical data were mirrored by histologic changes in connective tissue appearance and scar vascularization. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy is also an effective and conservative treatment for patients with aesthetic and functional sequela from burn scars. It is a feasible, cost-effective, well-tolerated treatment that can be used in the management of post-burn pathologic scars after the patients are briefed on the practical aspects of the treatment procedure.

Conditions

• Hypertrophy; Scar

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	extracorporeal shock-wave	to treat painful and retracting scars
OTHER	massage	to treat painful and retracting scars

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2017-04-28
• Last updated: 2017-08-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study