Status:
COMPLETED
A Comparison of Techniques for Treating Skin Abscesses
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Conditions:
Cutaneous Abscess
Eligibility:
All Genders
20+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Management of abscesses traditionally involves incision and drainage (I\&D). Abscesses are frequently are "packed" or stented open with the presence of a wick, and traditional care requires re-visits ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patient over 18 years of age
- Presenting to the Boston Medical Center main Emergency Department or Urgent Care area for initial treatment of a skin abscess
- English speaking
- Able to provide written informed consent
- Willing to return in 14 days for follow-up visit
- Able to give a telephone number for follow-up contact
Exclusion
- Previously treated for this abscess
- Altered mental status
- Patients with active psychiatric issues that preclude their ability to provide informed consent
- Previously enrolled in the study
- Abscess is not amenable to treatment by an Emergency Physician in the Emergency Department
- Abscess is post-operative or post-procedure
- Clinician determines abscess is not amenable to drainage by particular method
- Abscess is too small for packing or loop
- Need for hospital admission
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 9 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
233 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01897675
Start Date
August 1 2013
End Date
March 9 2017
Last Update
April 6 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Boston University Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118