Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Fractionated Carbon Dioxide Therapy in Postoperative Lower Extremity Wound Healing
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Official title
A Single Center, Prospective, Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of Fractionated Carbon Dioxide Therapy in Postoperative Lower Extremity Wound Healing
Brief summary
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This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of laser therapy on postoperative lower extremity wound healing over 12 weeks. The investigators will include adult patients who have underwent Mohs Micrographic Surgery on their lower extremities. Patients with poor immune systems, current pregnancies, uncontrolled diabetes, lower extremity venous or arterial disease will not be included in this study. After surgery patients will be randomized into two groups. One group will receive a single laser treatment immediately after their surgery on their wound while the other will not. The group not receiving laser therapy will undergo a sham laser therapy treatment. Immediately after therapy and 4, 8, and 12 weeks postoperative patients will have a follow up visit. During these visits patients wound size will be recorded, a photograph will be taken, and the wound temperature will be measured. Patient will be given a diary to record any adverse events related to the wound.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03644849
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 48 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Device · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 90 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 27, 2018
- Primary completion
- Nov 18, 2020
- Completion
- Nov 18, 2020
- Last update posted
- Jan 10, 2022
2018 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis University | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Saint Louis University | St Louis | Missouri | 63122 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 10, 2022 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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