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Loop Drainage Versus Incision and Drainage for Abscesses

NCT03911518 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2019-07-05

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Summary

This is a multicenter randomized controlled trial of loop drainage versus traditional incision and drainage in adult patients presenting to the emergency department.

Conditions

  • Abscess of Skin and/or Subcutaneous Tissue

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Loop drainage

Loop drainage will occur via 2 small incisions, approximately 2 cm, with the cuff from the base of a sterile glove pulled through and then tied off.

PROCEDURE

Incision and drainage

The wound will be incised with a #11 blade scalpel along the point of maximal fluctuance, approximately 2-3 cm, and then all loculations bluntly dissected with a set of Kelly clamps. After drainage of pus, the wound will be loosely packed with gauze.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    collaborator OTHER

  • Loyola University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kaiser Permanente

    collaborator OTHER

  • Stony Brook University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Gary Peksa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gillian Schmitz, MD · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-31
Primary Completion
2019-11-30
Completion
2019-12-31

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