Topic: Children, Injuries and emergencies
Conditions
Interventions
Patients are randomised to the following:
1. No Pressure Garment Therapy: No Pressure Garment Therapy, patient will receive other scar management therapies - silicone, moisturisation, massage
2. Press
Sponsors
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who will be considered eligible for inclusion include: 1. Adults and children (age > 0 years) with burn injuries greater than 1 % Total Body Surface Area 2. Treated with split thickness skin grafts 3. Or conservatively managed burn wounds or donor sites which have taken > 2 weeks to heal 4. Evidence of hypertrophic scarring 5. Considered suitable for Scar Management Therapy; Target Gender: Male & Female
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Since Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) identified from P1 may not be available in translated versions the pilot work will exclude participants who cannot speak, read and write in English 2. Significant psychiatric history 3. Deliberate self harm 4. Preexisting skin conditions affecting wound healing 5. History of keloid scarring 6. Known allergy to Pressure Garment Therapy (Lycra)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Can a large national RCT looking at PGT vs. no PGT be delivered successfully? Timepoint(s): 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Health economics; Timepoint(s): 12 months 2. Pain and itch; Timepoint(s): 12 months 3. Patient reported outcomes; Timepoint(s): 12 months 4. Validated scar measurement outcomes; Timepoint(s): 12 months | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed