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Scar: early-phase trial registry

5 of 16 indexed Scar trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

16 US clinical trials · 5 currently recruiting · #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Scar: 16 US clinical trials tracked, 5 recruiting.

Scar is the subject of 16 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 5 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Melissa Pugliano-Mauro, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition scar

OPEN 5 | RECR 31% | LATE 0 | EARLY 4 | RANK #1060 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Aortic Valve Disease (31% recruiting · 16 trials)

Adolescent62.5%Alcohol Intoxication56.3%AL Amyloidosis43.8%Scar (this)31%Allergy18.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Scar

Scar lists 5 open slots (31% of 16 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Scar on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Scar is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    5 of 16 indexed trials (31.3%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Scar trials is spread across many organizations.

    Melissa Pugliano-Mauro accounts for 2 of 16 trials (12.5%). 12 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Scar trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 30 among the 16 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 15 of those (93.8%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Scar research is mostly interventional.

    16 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23

Open and recent trials

16 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 34 participants

Impact of Suture Type on Pigment Disturbances in Patients of Skin of Color

Melissa Pugliano-Mauro

NCT05408117

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Microneedling vs Dermabrasion for Early Facial Scar Resurfacing

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT06171386

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 30 participants

Zinc Oxide Versus Petrolatum Following Skin Surgery

Melissa Pugliano-Mauro

NCT03561376

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Paraffin Wax and Exercise Prospective

Medstar Health Research Institute

NCT06786884

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Dose Regimen Study of SLI-F06 in Healthy Volunteers

Scarless Laboratories

NCT05501327

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 76 participants

PDL and Fractional Photothermolysis for Postsurgical Scars

Northwestern University

NCT03057964

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Influence of Sun Protection and Linear Repair of Cutaneous Surgical Defects

University of California, Davis

NCT05074238

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 25 participants

CO2 Laser Revision for Burn Related Donor Site Scars

Medstar Health Research Institute

NCT04456127

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 12 participants

Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin in Biopsy Scar Minimization

Henry Ford Health System

NCT05478551

COMPLETED Phase 2 184 participants

A Study of Granexin® Gel for the Reduction of Scar Formation in Surgical Wounds Following Bilateral Anchor Incision Breast Surgery

Xequel Bio

NCT04331080

COMPLETED NA 75 participants

"A Clinical Study Investigating the Effectiveness of OTC Scar-management Modalities"

The Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research

NCT04169490

COMPLETED NA 60 participants

A Comparison of Scar Infiltration, Scar Deactivation, and Standard of Care for the Treatment of Chronic, Post-Surgical Pain After Cesarean Section

Jennifer Loomis

NCT03936309

COMPLETED NA 50 participants

Aesthetic Outcome of Running Cuticular Suture Distance (2mm vs 5mm)

University of California, Davis

NCT04870008

COMPLETED NA 28 participants

Treatment of Surgical Scars Using the Pulsed Dye Laser

University of California, San Diego

NCT00970671

COMPLETED NA 10 participants

Pilot Study Investigating a Restorative Wound Care Cream Together With Petrolatum on Surgical Excisions

The Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research

NCT04169438

COMPLETED NA 9 participants

Evaluation of Non-Ablative Laser for Treatment of Direct Brow Lift Scars

University of Miami

NCT02032641

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Scar records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Active Comparator Silicone Gel (Kelo-Cote) + FS2 Emulsion Moisturizer Other
1 trials
Active Comparator Silicone Gel (Kelo-Cote) Other
1 trials
Active Comparator Onion Skin Extract Gel (Mederma) Other
1 trials
FS2 Emulsion Moisturizer Other
1 trials
Placebo Cream Base Emulsion Moisturizer Other
1 trials
Laser treatment with Nonpurpuric settings Other
1 trials
Laser treatment with Purpuric settings Other
1 trials
Laser treatment Device
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Scar trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 5 trials
Florida 4 trials
Illinois 3 trials
Texas 2 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
North Carolina 2 trials
Utah 1 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Scar page

16 registered trials, 5 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Scar condition card totals 16 registered trials; most-linked intervention Active Comparator Silicone Gel (Kelo-Cote) + FS2 Emulsion Moisturizer; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.