# Impact of Suture Type on Pigment Disturbances in Patients of Skin of Color

> **NCT05408117** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Melissa Pugliano-Mauro** · enrollment: 34 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Scar

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** 5-0 Polypropylene epidermal suture
- **DEVICE:** 5-0 Fast gut epidermal suture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05408117
- **Lead sponsor:** Melissa Pugliano-Mauro
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2022-10-01
- **Primary completion:** 2026-08-29
- **Final completion:** 2026-10-01
- **Target enrollment:** 34 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05408117

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05408117, "Impact of Suture Type on Pigment Disturbances in Patients of Skin of Color". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05408117. Licensed CC0.

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