Undermining Apices in Surgical Wounds

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05758181

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Official title

Undermining Apices in Surgical Wounds: a Randomized Evaluator-blinded Split-wound Comparative Effectiveness Trial

Brief summary

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When patients have surgery on the neck, trunk, arms, or legs, stitches are the standard way to close the wound. Wounds always result in a scar, but doctors are always looking for ways to reduce scarring. Several studies have been done to test ways to close wounds that reduce scarring. One idea is to reduce the tension around the cut. One way to reduce tension is to free up the skin around the wound. This procedure is also called "undermining". Some studies have shown that freeing up the skin near the tips of the wound, called the "apices," is helpful for improving the cosmetic outcome of scars. This study will investigate if there are any differences in the appearances of the scar if one tip is undermined and the other is not.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT05758181
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: University of California, Davis; Other
Enrollment: 50 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Scarring

Interventions

Apical Undermining Other

Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 18 Years and older
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date: Aug 9, 2023 (Actual)
Primary completion: Dec 31, 2026 (Estimated)
Completion: Mar 31, 2027 (Estimated)
Last update posted: Feb 10, 2026

2023 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
University of California, Davis - Dermatology Department	Sacramento	California	95816	—

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