Birmingham Objective Scar Scale Study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Birmingham Objective Scar Scale study(BOSS)

• IRAS ID

  181543

• Contact name

  Naiem Moiemen

• Contact email

  naiem.moiemen@uhb.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  UHBFT

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  ERN_14_0731, University ethics approval number

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  With the emergence of new pharmalogical anti-scarring treatments, there is a need for validated and objective scar measurement devices. However there is currently a lack of sensitive and specific tools that can aid clinicians in making an objective evaluation of a scar. Thus the objective of this study is to validate a panel of selected objective scar measurement tools in burn scars in terms of reproducibility (single and multiple assessors) and combining the scores of the different scar tools to form a single, easy to understand, objective global scar score.

• REC name

  West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/WM/0378

• Date of REC Opinion

  12 Nov 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion