Status:
COMPLETED
A Study Assessing the Impact of Dermatology Consultation in Patients Presenting With Possible Cellulitis
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Cellulitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a randomized, controlled study to compare patients evaluated by primary care physicians alone versus patients who are additionally evaluated by a dermatologist at the primary care physician"s ...
Detailed Description
Patients to be enrolled in the study will be those that present to outpatient internal medicine clinic and are identified by primary care physicians as having pain, redness, and swelling of the skin t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Able to understand and sign informed consent.
- Able to complete study and comply with study procedures.
- Presumed clinical diagnosis of cellulitis by primary care physician
Exclusion
- Have a known postoperative site infection or abscess
- Have a human/animal bite
- Have known osteomyelitis
- Have a hardware/line infection
- Are under the age of 18
- Have a history of transplantation less than six months after initial transplant and/or if they have had an episode of acute rejection in the last 90 days
- Known use of antithymocyte globulin or campath in the last 6 months or more than 20 mg/day of prednisone for more than 30 days
- Are a known prisoner.
- Are decisionally-impaired.
- Have abnormal vital signs defined as systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure \<80 mmHg, heart rate greater than 90 beats per minute or less than 50 beats per minute, respiratory rate greater than 20, or temperature \> 100.5 F.
- Are known to be pregnant.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
29 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01795092
Start Date
February 1 2012
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
February 20 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114