Status:
UNKNOWN
Blister Eradication Looking at Impact of Experimental Versus Established Regimens
Lead Sponsor:
Stanford University
Conditions:
Blister of Foot
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The specific aim of this study is to evaluate whether RockTape has similar efficacy to Elastikon in the treatment of foot blisters in ultramarathon runners. Elastikon with paper tape and spray adhesiv...
Detailed Description
Friction foot blisters are one of the most common injuries encountered by hikers and runners(1) with incidence as high as 39% in marathoners(2). In adventure races it is the most commonly reported inj...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The study enrollment period will run for approximately 7 days over 3 weeks throughout 2019 at Racing the Planet races in Namibia, Mongolia and Chile. All racers are potential subjects.
- Subjects will be enrolled when they present to the medical tent for the treatment of their first painful blister. The subject will be evaluated for exclusion criteria and the subject will be asked to select the most painful blister to be included in the study. All other blisters may be treated through traditional means and are not included in the study.
Exclusion
- Blister exclusion criteria:
- Toe blisters will be excluded because they are treated with paper tape only to avoid friction against neighboring toes and further blister formation.
- Only intact blisters are included in this study as de-roofed blisters are treated differently.
- Hemorrhagic blisters are excluded as they are often not amenable to percutaneous drainage given the increased risk in infection.
- If the most painful blister is a toe blister or a hemorrhagic blister, then the second most painful blister will be selected. If there is no second blister, the subject cannot be enrolled at this time.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 27 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
130 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03835806
Start Date
April 27 2019
End Date
August 31 2022
Last Update
June 25 2021
Active Locations (3)
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1
Racing the Planet
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
2
Racing the Planet
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
3
Namib Desert
Windhoek, Namibia