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Irrigation Versus no Irrigation for Cutaneous Abscess

NCT01606657 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 201

Last updated 2017-05-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this study, the investigators are trying to find out if washing out the abscess (pocket of pus) with fluid will help, instead of only taking out the pus. Your care will be the same as usual, except that you will be selected randomly to have your abscess washed out with fluid, or not.

Conditions

  • Cutaneous Abscess

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Irrigation

The patient will receive irrigation as a part of their wound care

OTHER

No Irrigation

The patient will not receive irrigation as part of their wound care

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Chinnock, MD · UCSF, Community Regional Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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