A Randomized Comparison Study of Aquacel Ag and Glucan II as Donor Site Dressings

University of California Irvine (UCI)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Other: Aquacel Ag; Other: Glucan II

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00581217

2006-4881

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research will be looking at patient outcomes for healing of donor sites after a split-thickness skin graft procedure for a burn or skin tissue loss. Donor site healing time, infection rate, cosmetic outcome, and patient's rating of pain will be compared between two donor site dressings, Glucan II and Aquacel Ag.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults over age 18 who have sustained a 1 - 30% total body surface area burn or skin tissue loss and require skin grafting

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals under the age of 18.

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Single arm study

Description:

Burn patients or patients with skin loss requiring split-thickness skin graft

Treatment:

Other: Aquacel Ag

Other: Glucan II