New gel sheet may ease burn scars
NCT ID NCT05429411
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a non-silicone gel sheet on burn scars in 49 adult survivors. The goal was to see if it reduces redness, thickness, pain, and itch compared to no treatment. Participants used the gel on one scar area while another similar scar was left untreated. The study is complete and used precise tools to measure changes.
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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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49 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2016
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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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16 to 100 years
- 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: * Females and males, of any race * 16 years or older who were admitted to the Montreal Burn Centre for the treatment of a thermal burn injury * Scar sites that show clinical evidence of HSc (\>2.034 mm thick as measured by high frequency ultrasound and hyperaemic - defined as Mexameter erythema index \>300) * Understand French or English * Signed the informed patient consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Suspected or known allergy to ultrasound gel * Formed keloid scars * Scar site that are mature (defined as Mexameter erythema index \<300 and \<2.034 mm thick) * Diagnosed with a psychiatric illness that will impair the subjects ability to participate in the study or provide informed consent * Mechanism of injury is an electrical, chemical, or cold injury * Dermatological condition such as psoriasis, eczema, etc., in the region of the evaluation site, which in the investigator's opinion, may interfere with the study results.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Villa Medica Rehabilitation Hospital
Montreal, Canada
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