Status:
COMPLETED
Study of Wound Packing After Superficial Skin Abscess Drainage
Lead Sponsor:
NYU Langone Health
Conditions:
Abscess
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-24 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Superficial skin and soft tissue abscess are frequently managed by opening them up with a procedure called "incision and drainage". It is routine practice in the United States to place packing materia...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 1 - 24 years (i.e. any child seen in PED)
- Suspected abscess deemed to need incision \& drainage by attending physician or fellow
- Size of abscess is greater than or equal to 1cm
- Parent or patient consent, and child assent
Exclusion
- Location of abscess on face, perianal, or genitals
- History of recurrent or chronic abscess
- Multiple abscesses requiring drainage at current visit
- Immunocompromised or unstable patient
- HIV, transplant recipient, immune deficiency syndrome
- immunosuppressive medications
- Wound already open/draining
- Previous participation in trial
- Patient will not be following up / managed by PES (e.g. surgical site)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00746109
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2010
Last Update
January 4 2011
Active Locations (1)
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New York University / Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, New York, United States, 10016