Laser Therapy for Pediatric Burn Scars

The Hospital for Sick Children

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burns; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic

Treatments: Device: Laser Therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02707627

Hospital for Sick Children

Details and patient eligibility

About

A new era of outcomes for pediatric burn patients has begun as burn care continues to improve. Unfortunately, complete restoration of burn-injured skin may be limited by the development of hypertrophic scarring. Treatment with laser therapy is one of the newest forms of scar therapy available. Although laser therapy has only been adopted by burn clinicians within the last several years, early evidence suggests that it may offer significant benefits. Thus the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using laser therapy to treat hypertrophic burn scars in pediatric patients by using a comprehensive set of subjective and objective scar assessment tools.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age 1-18 years at presentation
2. Patients with a hypertrophic burn scar that has been clinically diagnosed by a burn care specialist
3. Hypertrophic burn scar resulting from any etiology
4. Hypertrophic burn scar is ≥ 2 months post healing
5. Ability to complete English- language questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with concomitant skin disease (i.e. chronic skin conditions, herpes infection)
2. Patients with a history of keloid scarring
3. Patients who cannot tolerate the intravenous (IV) sedation used to perform laser therapy procedures
4. Patients who have had previous laser therapy procedures

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Laser Therapy

Description:

Participants will receive laser therapy for the treatment of their hypertrophic burn scars. Laser treatment decisions will be tailored to meet the needs of the patient.

Treatment:

Device: Laser Therapy