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Effect of Fasting on Patient Outcomes After Wide-Awake, Local Anesthesia-only, No Tourniquet (WALANT) Procedures

NCT05819801 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 134

Last updated 2026-03-12

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether eating solid food prior to undergoing a wide awake local-only no tourniquet (WALANT) procedure reduces anxiety in patients or has any effect on outcomes. Patients will be split randomly into two groups and told whether to eat or fast before their procedure. We will then compare levels of anxiety and nausea on the day of the procedure as well as satisfaction with the procedure and other outcome measures at follow-up visits. Our hypothesis is that patients who are instructed to eat before their WALANT procedure will have less anxiety, nausea, and overall higher satisfaction compared to those who are instructed to fast prior to their procedure.

Conditions

  • Surgery
  • Anesthesia, Local
  • Fasting

Interventions

OTHER

Non-fasting

Instructing patients to eat before their local-only procedure

OTHER

Fasting

Instructing patients to fast before their local-only procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Irvine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jesse Kaplan, MD · UCI School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-22
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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