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US Guided Versus BlindI&D for Treatment of Soft Tissue Abscesses in the ED

NCT02264392 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2018-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Standard treatment for a soft tissue abscess involves incision over the area of maximum fluctuance with drainage of purulence from the abscess cavity. The use of bedside ultrasound to guide this drainage has the potential to improve treatment outcomes by ensuring complete drainage of the cavity.

Our hypothesis is that the use of ultrasound for guidance of incision and drainage of soft tissue abscesses will decrease treatment failure rate compared to standard blind incision and drainage.

This hypothesis will be tested utilizing a blinded, randomized trial comparing standard incision and drainage to ultrasound guided incision and drainage.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Ultrasound Guided Incision and Drainage

Ultrasound guidance of the abscess drainage

PROCEDURE

Blind Incision and Drainage

Incision and drainage of abscess guided by physical exam alone

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Romolo Gaspari, MD, PhD · UMass Memorial Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-08-30
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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