Clinical trialNCT00685243CompletedInterventional

Treatment of Surgical Scars With Fractional Photothemolysis Versus Pulse Dye Laser

SponsorHenry Ford Health SystemEnrollment12Post Surgical Scars

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Summary

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1. Evaluate the efficacy of the Fraxel SR laser to improve the cosmetic appearance of surgical scars, both in terms of pigmentary and textural changes. 2. Evaluate the efficacy of the V-Beam Pulse Dye laser, a standard non-ablative laser which is utilized for the treatment of the erythematous and telangiectasia component of surgical scars. 3. Comparison of the outcome of the half of the surgical scar treated with Fraxel SR laser versus the outcome of the contralateral half of the surgical scar which will be treated with the V-Beam Pulse Dye Laser.

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Investigators

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David Kouba, MD, PhD
Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Medical Center, 6530 Farmington Rd
West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Jan 2008
Primary completion: 30 Jun 2008
Completion: 31 Jul 2008
Last update posted: 10 Apr 2023
Registered enrollment: 12
Registry id: NCT00685243

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