Adhesive Strips in Dermatologic Surgery: Is Cosmetic Appearance Improved?

April 15, 2015 updated by: University of California, Davis
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

39

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Sacramento, California, United States, 95816
        • University of California-Davis, Department of Dermatology

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Suture with Adhesive Stripping
Buried dissolving subcuticular sutures are sued for both sides of the wound to approximate wound edges and then steri-strips for the adhesive stripped half of the scar is applied.
Procedure: Suture with Adhesive Stripping
Procedure: Suture without Adhesive Stripping
Active Comparator: Suture without Adhesive Stripping
Buried dissolving subcuticular sutures are sued for both sides of the wound to approximate wound edges and then no closure material for the half of the scar is applied.
Procedure: Suture with Adhesive Stripping
Procedure: Suture without Adhesive Stripping

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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.
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of California, Davis

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 1, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

November 8, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 16, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2015

Last Verified

April 1, 2015

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 451808 (Other Identifier: University of California, Davis)

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