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NCT Number: NCT01979497

Adhesive Strips in Dermatologic Surgery: Is Cosmetic Appearance Improved?

To determine whether the addition of adhesive stripping to a wound closed with dermal sutures improves outcome of wound closure. We hypothesize that the combination of adhesive strips to a wound closed with dermal sutures does not add significant cosmetic improvement of the resultant scar.

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Key information

Conditions

Subjects Undergoing Surgical Procedure of the Skin

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of California-Davis, Department of Dermatology

Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Able to give informed consent themselves
  • Willing to return for follow up visit

Exclusion criteria

  • Mentally handicapped
  • Unable to understand written and oral English
  • Unwilling to return for follow up
  • Wounds less than 3 cm in length
  • Adults unable to consent
  • Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers 17 and under)
  • Pregnant women
  • Prisoners

Treatment and study plan

Suture with Adhesive Stripping

Procedure

Suture without Adhesive Stripping

Procedure

Primary outcomes

  1. Split-Scar Comparison

    Time frame: 3 months

    Split-scar comparison of half of the wound closed with buried subcuticular sutures and overlying adhesive strips and half the wound closed with buried subcuticular sutures alone.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Davis

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Nov 8, 2013
Registry last updated
Apr 16, 2015

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