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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00544635
Date of registration: 12/10/2007
Primary sponsor: Northwestern University
Public title: The Effect Of Light On Scar Appearance
Scientific title: The Effect Of Light On Scar Appearance
Date of first enrolment: November 2005
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00544635
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Murad Alam, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Northwestern University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Have two lesions that have been selected for excision

- Have two cutaneous scars from previous excisions as part of a standard of care

- Subjects are in good health

- Subject has a willingness and the ability to understand and provide informed consent
for the use of their tissue and communicate with the investigator

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Subjects who are unable to understand the protocol or to give informed consent

- Subjects with mental illness



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cutaneous Scars
Intervention(s)
Device: light
Device: no intervention
Primary Outcome(s)
Scar length [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Scar pigmentation [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Scar surface area [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Scar thickness [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Scar vascularity [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Scar width [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
1253-010
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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