3D-Printed orthosis could ease burn scarring
NCT ID NCT06487910
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests a new way to make a custom pressure orthosis for burn scars using 3D scanning and printing. About 25 adults with healing hypertrophic burn scars will get the device. The main goal is to see if the manufacturing process works and the orthosis fits safely.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 3D-printed differential pressure distribution orthosis
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new, custom-fit way to treat burn scars using 3D printing.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 25 people. It focuses on manufacturing success, not yet on whether the orthosis actually improves scars.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult Patients aged \> 18 years old * Patient with at least one hypertrophic burn scar in the process of healing localized on a skin area that can benefit from a compression garment and requiring the use of an ORDP * Patient able to give informed consent * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice * Pregnant or breast-feeding women
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHR Metz-Thionville/Hopital Félix Maréchal
RECRUITINGMetz, 57000, France
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