Overview

Effect of Smoking, Abstention and Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Wound Healing

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2001-01-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The aim was to determine the wound healing capacity in healthy never smokers and smokers who continue to smoke, or quit smoking using transdermal nicotine patch versus placebo patch.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Bispebjerg Hospital
Collaborator:
The Danish Medical Research Council
Treatments:
Nicotine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- daily smokers smoking between 15-25 cigarettes per day and never smokers

Exclusion Criteria:

- chronic medical disease

- atopic dermatitis or other skin disease

- pregnancy

- menopause

- allergy to dressings or patches

- current or recent medication with corticosteroids or NSAID