Microneedling With Regular Insulin Versus Microneedling Alone in Treatment of Atrophic Scars

Alexandria University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Scars; Insulin

Treatments: Other: Microneedling with topical application of saline; Other: Microneedling with topical application of regular insulin

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06021275

Scar 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recently, few studies have attempted to test the regenerative effects of human insulin application by microneedling on atrophic scars versus other topical preparations. However, the scars were limited etiologically to acne scars. In addition, a lack of inclusion of a control group instead of comparing topical preparations with insulin was also a limitation to these studies. A control group consisting of microneedling alone would have served as a better comparison in order to determine whether the effects of microneedling are augmented by topical protein-rich preparations.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients aged 12 to 60 years
2. Atrophic scars (traumatic or surgical)
3. Completely healed scars

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with a tendency or history of hypertrophic or keloidal scars
2. Patients who received treatment for their scar in the past 3 months
3. Diabetic patients or those with a history of Dysglycemia
4. Pregnant, or lactating females
5. Patients with active infection at the site of scar
6. Patients currently receiving isotretinoin treatment or in the past month

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Microneedling with topical application of regular insulin

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Microneedling with topical application of regular insulin

Microneedling only

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Microneedling with topical application of saline