Evaluation Perioperative Nutrition on Donor Site Healing in Patients Undergoing Reconstructive Burn Surg

Phase 3TerminatedNCT00539097

Shriners Hospitals for Children38 enrolled

Overview

The investigators hope to learn if taking a nutrition drink for a short time after surgery for an elective reconstructive burn injury improves donor site healing, muscle mass and scar maturation time (the point at which the redness, height and firmness of the wound has faded, flattened and softened, and no longer changes in appearance).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Burn Reconstructive Surgical Procedure

Interventions

Juven (Ross Products) protein supplementDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Juven supplement oral x 3 weeks postop

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 24 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * At least one year post-acute burn injury * Admitted for surgery whereby split thickness donor site created * Received initial acute treatment at Shriner's Hospital in Cincinnati Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 6years of age * Less than one year from acute burn injury * Split thickness donor site/autograft not anticipated * Initial treatment not at Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati

Locations (1)

Shriners Hospital for Children

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

donor site healing time

Time frame: 3weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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