A Test of Different Kinds of Bandages on Healing of Wounds

Study Summary

This two-week study will compare the healing of minor wounds when no bandage is applied against four different types of bandages. The study investigators will make five small wounds similar to scrapes (about a half-inch square) on the back of subjects who qualify to participate in the trial and have given informed consent. Four of the wounds will be covered by different bandages and one will be left uncovered. Participants will visit the clinic every day for 2 weeks or until all the wounds are healed (whichever comes first). At the clinic, the bandages will be removed, the doctor will score the wounds, a picture will be taken of the wounds and new bandages will be applied. It is expected that some pain and itching will be experienced, because they are part of the normal wound healing process. Subjects will be asked about adverse events at each visit and will have the opportunity to discuss issues or concerns with the investigator or the doctor during the course of the trial. It is expected that the wounds will be completely healed within 14 days, but if not, the participant will need to return to the clinic for follow-up treatment until the wounds are completely healed. We will see if the different bandages help with the healing of the wounds during the study.

Primary Outcome

Wound epithelialization will be recorded daily for each wound (until healed) by the doctor on a scale of 0-5, where 0= No presence of epithelialization (no sign of healing), a bandage is necessary and 5=Wound is 100% epithelialized (healed), no bandage necessary. The median time to healing will be estimated from the survival curves using the Kaplan-Meier method for each test product. Time to healing is defined as the time from wounding to 12:00 pm of the day the wound is 100% epithelialized (rec

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