Status:

RECRUITING

Skin Wetting in Burn Survivors

Lead Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Conditions:

Burn Injury

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project will identify the efficacy of whole body skin wetting aimed to attenuate excessive elevations in internal body temperatures during physical activity in well-healed burn survivors. The inv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria: Non-burn survivors
  • Healthy male and female subjects
  • 18-65 years of age.
  • Free of any underlying medical conditions
  • Exclusion Criteria (non-burned individuals):
  • Any burn-related injuries resulting in at least one night of hospitalization.
  • Heart disease or any other chronic medical condition requiring regular medical therapy including cancer, diabetes, and hypertension.
  • Abnormalities detected on routine screening
  • Individuals who participate in a structured aerobic exercise training program at moderate to high intensities.
  • Current smokers, as well as individuals who regularly smoked within the past 3 years.
  • Body mass index of greater than 30 kg/m\^2.
  • Pregnant individuals
  • Inclusion Criteria (burn survivors):
  • Healthy male and female subjects
  • 18-65 years of age.
  • Free of any underlying medical conditions
  • Having a burn injury covering 20-40% or \>40% of the participant's body surface area; at least 50% of those burn injuries must be full thickness that required skin grafting.
  • Participants must have been hospitalized due to the burn injury for a minimum of 15 days
  • Exclusion Criteria (burn survivors):
  • Any burn-related injuries resulting in at least one night of hospitalization.
  • Heart disease or any other chronic medical condition requiring regular medical therapy including cancer, diabetes, and hypertension.
  • Abnormalities detected on routine screening
  • Individuals who participate in a structured aerobic exercise training program at moderate to high intensities.
  • Current smokers, as well as individuals who regularly smoked within the past 3 years.
  • Body mass index of greater than 30 kg/m\^2.
  • Pregnant individuals
  • Extensive unhealed injured skin

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 31 2024

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    July 31 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT06529757

    Start Date

    July 31 2024

    End Date

    July 31 2026

    Last Update

    October 21 2025

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    Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine

    Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231