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Behavioural Intervention

Skin Wetting for Burn Survivors

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Research Sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Must have
Non-burn survivors: Healthy male and female subjects aged 18-65 years, free of any underlying medical conditions
Burn survivors: Healthy male and female subjects aged 18-65 years, free of any underlying medical conditions, with burn injuries 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
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up prior to and throughout the bout of exercise; an average of 90 minutes.
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Summary

This trial aims to see if wetting the skin can help prevent the body from getting too hot during exercise in burn survivors. They will compare the effects in people with different sizes of burn injuries and non

Who is the study for?
This trial is for well-healed burn survivors who have experienced burns covering approximately 20% to over 40% of their body. It also includes non-burned individuals as controls. Participants will be exercising in a heated environment to test the treatments.
What is being tested?
The study is testing how effective whole body skin wetting is at preventing internal body temperature from getting too high during exercise, compared with no cooling. This will be done using a randomized crossover design where participants try both methods at different times.
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves non-invasive cooling techniques, side effects may include discomfort due to cold or wetness and potential skin irritation from prolonged moisture exposure during the skin wetting process.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below
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I am a healthy adult between 18 and 65 with no medical conditions.
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I am a burn survivor, aged 18-65, with significant burns that required skin grafts and was hospitalized for over 15 days.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~prior to and throughout the bout of exercise; an average of 90 minutes.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and prior to and throughout the bout of exercise; an average of 90 minutes. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Core Temperature
Secondary study objectives
Mean Skin Temperature
Rate Pressure Product
Whole body sweat rate

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Hot and Dry Environment_whole body skin wettingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Subjects will exercise for 60 minutes in a hot and dry environment while being exposed to whole body skin wetting.
Group II: Hot and Dry Environment_no coolingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Subjects will exercise for 60 minutes in a hot and dry environment while being exposed to no cooling.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterLead Sponsor
1,072 Previous Clinical Trials
1,056,222 Total Patients Enrolled
8 Trials studying Burns
298 Patients Enrolled for Burns
~27 spots leftby Jul 2026
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