Active clinical trials for "Burns"

Severe itching following burn injury is a common complication. As many as 87% of burn patients report severe itching. The intense itching can increase anxiety and can interfere with sleep and normal activities of daily living thus affecting quality of life. Often the itching will become so intense patients will scratch or rub the skin until an open wound develops. Current treatment for itching includes antihistamines, steroids. and/or moisturizers, but too often, the patient does not receive relief, even from drugs, and suffers undesirable side effects. Swiss-American Products, Inc, has developed a new skin moisturizer containing a blend of endopeptidase enzymes. These products have resolved itching in other types of skin disease such as dermatitis. The hypothesis that itching can be reduced through the use of these endopeptidase enzyme containing products in the post burn population will be tested.

Dexmedetomidine is a sedative drug approved for adult patients, intubated, in intensive care units. We are studying whether this drug is cardiovascularly safe in pediatric patients who have recently been burned.

Using Virtual Reality as a form of Distraction during Burn Care.

The purpose of this study is to see the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the pain and itching associated with burn injury. This study is part of the Boston-Harvard Burn Model System. The investigators hypothesize that there will be a decrease in pain levels with active stimulation, when compared to sham stimulation, using a 3 week stimulation schedule- 2 weeks of stimulation (10 consecutive days) followed by 1 week of stimulation (5 consecutive days) after three follow up visits at 2, 4 and 8 weeks after initial course of stimulation. The subject will also have follow ups at 2, 4 and 8 weeks after the second course of stimulation. If a subject receives sham during the experiment, he/she may enroll in an open-label portion of the study and receive 10 days of active stimulation.

The evidence is insufficient to determine whether the types of dressings containing silver differ in time / proportion for complete wound healing and pain. We will analyze the cost-effectiveness of these dressings in outpatients, considering the service provided by the Brazilian National Public Health System.

The Effectiveness of open dressing with petrolatum jelly in minor burns has not been clearly established. This study determined if the use of open dressings with petrolatum jelly as effective as standard gauze dressing with silver sulfadiazine in treating minor burns in terms of time-to-re-epithelialization, incidence of wound infection,incidence of adverse reactions, and patient acceptance. Non-extensive superficial partial thickness burns constitute a major proportion of burn injuries. Conventional treatment involves regular changing of absorptive dressings including the application of a topical antimicrobial, commonly silver sulfadiazine. A systematic review has found insufficient evidence to support or refute such antimicrobial prophylaxis. Another review compared silver sulfadiazine dressings with other occlusive and non-antimicrobial dressings and found insufficient evidence to guide practice. Other research has suggested that dressings with petrolatum gel are as effective as silver sulfadiazine. This trial sought to compare the effectiveness of conventional silver sulfadiazine dressings with treatment with petrolatum gel alone.

Objective: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is chronic oral condition characterized with burning symptoms which affects perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. It seems that neuropathy might be the underlying cause of the condition. There are still insufficient data regarding successful therapy. The aim of this study was to compare efficacy of acupuncture and clonazepam in 42 BMS patients (38 women, 4 men), age range 66.7±12 years. Methods: Patients were randomly divided into two groups. Acupuncture was performed in group I during four weeks, 3 times per week on the points ST 8, GB 2, TB 21, SI 19, SI 18, LI 4 on both sides of the body as well as GV 20, each session lasted half an hour.Group II patients took clonazepam two times a day (0.5 mg) in the morning and after two weeks two tablets (0.5 mg) in the morning and in the evening during the next two weeks. Prior to and one month after either therapy, participants fulfilled questionnaires: visual analogue scale, Beck depression inventory, LANSS pain scale, 36-item short form Health Survey (SF-36) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Statistical analysis was performed by use of Student t test and Pearson's correlation test. P values lower than 0.05 were considered significant.

Persons with burn-related pain remain under treated and do not have access to comprehensive burn pain management. We seek to extend evidence-based cognitive behavioral pain management strategies to a group of burn survivors that are currently under treated for for burn pain with a specific goal of reducing pain related interference in life activities. Investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the central hypothesis that a computer-based cognitive-behavioral program (Take Charge of Burn Pain) will improve pain management, psychological health, and improve participation in burn survivors. Specific aims include: 1) to determine the efficacy of a web-based self-management intervention in reducing pain and pain-related interference and increasing pain management self-efficacy; and 2) to determine whether Take Charge of Burn Pain improves psychological health and participation in life activities in persons with burn injury pain. Emerging research suggests that web-based pain management interventions may be a feasible and effective alternative to clinic-based interventions for patients with mobility and geographic restrictions, such as those treated at tertiary burn centers.

the study evaluates the role of autologous fat grafting and the usage of nanofat in the treatment of the acute burn injuries in different genders and its influences on the healing time and hospital stay, pain control, the need and take of a split thickness skin graft and its size, and the end resulting early scarring, in comparison with control group that were treated with traditional methods, so as to find out new method of treating burn injuries and decreasing its morbidity.

The purpose of this study is to learn if there is a difference in recovery time when using sugammadex versus neostigmine. The researchers also hope to add further knowledge and data to the safety of using sugammadex in burn patients who are hypermetabolic.