NCT07453732

Banana Leaves as a Wound Dressing for Partial Thickness Second Degree Burns in Adult Patients.

Pilot Study of Banana Leaves as a Primary Wound Dressing for Partial Thickness Burn Wounds

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study plans to look at the benefits of banana leaves as a primary burn wound dressing. Study patients will be compared to historical patients

Detailed description

Historically, banana leaves have been used as a burn wound dressing in developing countries. Current literature on banana leaf dressings is limited to predominantly pediatric patients and surgical wounds (i.e. skin graft donor sites). The comparison dressing is often other non-standard burn dressings (e.g. boiled potato peel bandage) and these studies are almost exclusively performed in tropical locations where banana plants grow naturally (Africa and Asia). To date, no study on the effectiveness of banana leaf dressings has been done in the United States, nor has there been a focus on their effectiveness in second degree partial thickness burns. Our pilot study aims to establish the feasibility of using banana leaf dressings for second degree partial thickness burn wounds in adult patients, in a geographic location that does not support natural banana agriculture.

Conditions

• Partial-thickness Burn
• Pain
• Second Degree Burn

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Banana leaf dressing	Sterilized banana leaf as a primary non-adherent burn dressing

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-01
• Primary completion: 2027-04-30
• Completion: 2027-04-30
• First posted: 2026-03-06
• Last updated: 2026-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States