Active clinical trials for "Burns"

Burn patients have extreme pain. Opioids are the main agents used for analgesia. We therefore propose a single center study to fruther assess the efficacy of neuropathic agents in controlling the pain associated with acute thermal injury.

The purpose of the study is to assess the effect of CICATRIX (Asian Gotu Kola or Pennywort) usage in the treatment of epidermic burns or post surgical scars. The duration of this phase 2 clinical trial will be two months.

Burn injury patients undergo a series of metabolic changes that, if untreated, could lead to reduced health outcomes. Nutrition is thought to play a vital role in post-burn recovery. The research team developed a novel vitamin and mineral supplementation protocol based on current scientific literature. The study will test the hypothesis that the novel vitamin and mineral supplement regimen will improve adult patient recovery from burn injury.

Deep skin burn injuries, especially extensive deep burns or/and deep burns extending on the face, hands, feet, genitalia and perineum, remain one of the most challenging therapeutic problems. Surgical excision of the necrotic burned tissue with subsequent skin grafting of the affected area has become the golden standard for the treatment of deep partial thickness and full thickness skin burns and represents the treatment of choice. Despite of all the progress achieved in the treatment process (artificial skin, cultured keratinocytes), the therapeutic results are sometimes unacceptable due to functional and cosmetic deficits causing severe psychological and emotional distress, particularly in the form of disfiguring and disabling scarring - i.e. hypertrophic scars, joint contractures restricted movement, peripheral neuropathy, psychiatric and physiological diseases, as well as thermoregulation disorders. Consequently, the quality of life is markedly decreased. That is why new methods of burn wounds covering are intensively searched. Based upon the results of available pre-clinical studies, the local use of autologous platelet concentrate with their active growth factors appears to be a good and promising possibility how to improve faster and higher quality of healing deep skin burn wounds.

Using Virtual Reality Hypnosis to relief pain and anxiety for burn patients.

The purpose of this study is to determine if healing occurs within 21 days of treatment with the use of the CellutomeTM device for fractional epidermal micro grafting compared with standard acellular techniques (creams and membrane dressings). Healing will be determined by time to ≥90% epithelialization within 21 days of treatment. Cosmesis (as assessed by Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), Patient Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS), erythema, pigmentation, elasticity, thickness, and sensation) will be compared to standard techniques without application of skin cells (epidermal grafts = acellular) and will be measured twelve months post treatment application, ± 6 months.

Balanced solutions with low chloride concentration could represent an alternative to high chloride concentration solutions. Such balanced solutions contain other acid as buffers (i.e. acetate and/or gluconate). However, acetate has been associated with alteration of cardiac function when used as buffer in dialysate when high acetate concentrations are used and could promote the development of metabolic acidosis if it accumulates. Therefore, the safety of such solutions remains poorly explored. Because critically ill patients receive large amount of fluid during the early phase of resuscitation, large amount of acetate are to be administrated if such solutions are used. While acetate-containing solutions have been suggested to be safe in this setting, studies are still lacking regarding clearance and accumulation in critically ill patients. It is expected to include 28 patients, the objective to analyze the data of 20 patients.

Treatment of patients with burns of the skin of the 2nd degree using: autologous keratinocytes and skin fibroblasts mixed with collagen gel 7% (tissue equivalent of the skin)

The present study is a Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial aiming to evaluate the efficacy of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) skin as an occlusive biological dressing in the treatment of superficial partial-thickness burns in adults.

Gait enables individuals to move forward and is considered a natural skill. However, gait disturbances are very common in patients with burn injury. Major causes of functional impairment are pain and joint contractures. Recent studies focused on the application of robot-assisted gait training (RAGT). This study aimed to elucidate the efficacy and investigate the mechanism of motor recovery after RAGT on patients with lower extremity burn.