The Burn Glove Trial - Hand Burn Dressing Pilot

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2016-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Specific Aim 1: To determine if one of three burn dressings provides a less painful healing experience for partial thickness hand.

Specific Aim 2: To evaluate if one of three dressings provides greater functionality during and after healing of partial thickness hand burns.

Specific Aim 3: To determine if one of three burn dressings promotes aesthetically superior healing results for partial thickness hand burns.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Southern Illinois University
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Bacitracin; Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients presenting at Memorial Medical or Southern Illinois University (SIU) Health Care

• Patients with partial-thickness burn injuries to the dorsum and/or palm of the hand/s that exceeds ½% total body surface area (TBSA) for at least one hand.

• < 10% TBSA 2nd and 3rd degree burn injuries

• Initial clinical presentation < 5 days post burn injury

Exclusion Criteria:

• < ½ % TBSA involving the hand

• > 10%TBSA burn injuries

• > 60 years of age

• < 8 years of age

• Patients (or parents of minors) without cognitive capacity to comprehend informed consent

• Presentation > 5 days post-burn injury event

• Pregnant women

• Full thickness/3rd degree burns to the dorsal and/or palmer hand/s

• Exposed vital structures (tendons, nerves, bone, vessels)

• Uncontrolled Type II Diabetes

• Type I Diabetes

• History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Have a known allergy to silver products

• Signs of infection on initial clinical presentation (presence of purulent drainage, significant cellulitis, and/or fever)

• Smoke/inhalation injuries requiring ventilation

• Critically ill patients requiring intensive care