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Injectable Lidocaine Versus Lidocaine/Tetracaine Patch for the Incision and Drainage of Skin Abscesses

NCT02066818 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2014-02-20

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Summary

Local anesthesia used for incision and drainage of abscesses is known to be painful.

We studied the analgesia provided by a lidocaine/tetracaine patch compared to injectable lidocaine during incision and drainage (I\&D) of skin abscesses.

Local injection of lidocaine provided similar analgesia compared to the lidocaine/tetracaine patch during I\&D of skin abscesses in the Emergency Department. Pain at presentation and following the procedure was similar in both groups.

Conditions

  • Cutaneous Abscess
  • Pain

Interventions

DRUG

Lidocaine/tetracaine patch

DRUG

1% lidocaine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • East Carolina University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina L Bourne, MD · Medical University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

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