NCT03197649

CO2 Laser Phototherapy for Management of Mature Burn Scars

Randomized, Prospective, Split Scar Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of CO2 Laser Phototherapy for Management of Mature Burn Scars

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evaluate mature burn scars before and after treatment with CO2 for patients age 3-21 while comparing the treated areas to an untreated control area in the same patient.

Detailed description

Laser phototherapy has gained growing acceptance and popularity for management of burn scars. The most commonly used laser is the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Laser. At this institution, the investigator has used CO2 for management of Burn Scars since 2012. While the existing literature and the investigator's anecdotal experience thus far has been positive overall, there is no conclusive evidence to support that CO2 does indeed improve the quality of mature burn scars The primary objective of this study is to evaluate mature burn scars before and after treatment with CO2 for patients age 3-21 while comparing the treated areas to an untreated control area in the same patient.

Conditions

• Burn Scar

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Laser phototherapy treatment	Laser phototherapy treatment administered in OR

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-22
• Primary completion: 2019-04-29
• Completion: 2019-04-29
• First posted: 2017-06-23
• Last updated: 2020-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States