Status:
TERMINATED
Trial Comparing Cosmetic Outcomes of Pediatric Laceration Closure Using Skin Glue, Medical Tape Versus Stitches
Lead Sponsor:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Conditions:
Laceration
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
There are several methods of closing a skin cut: stitches, skin glue, and medical tape. Stitches have been used for a long time to close skin cuts. Skin glue (invented in the 1970s) and medical tape (...
Detailed Description
When a child comes in to the Emergency Room with a skin cut, if the child and their parents consent to being in the study, they will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: stitches, skin glue, o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Medical complaint of laceration
- Single, linear laceration
- Laceration less than 5 cm in length and 0.5 cm in width
- Laceration less than 12 hours old
- Laceration minimally contaminated (no visible dirt in wound)
- Parents and child speak English
Exclusion
- Significant medical history that may impact wound healing (hematologic or oncologic diagnosis requiring chemotherapy, ichthyosis, epidermolysis bullosa, etc.)
- Use of oral steroids (more than 5 days in the past month)
- History of keloid formation
- Allergy to skin glue, medical tape, or topical anesthetics
- Lacerations requiring deep sutures
- Lacerations caused by animal bites or scratches
- Lacerations located on the scalp, eyebrow, eyelid, lip, mucosa, joint or nail bed
- No access to photographic capabilities (camera or smartphone) and/or e-mail, OR unable to return to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Emergency Room to have a picture taken at 3 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 23 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
55 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03280628
Start Date
September 23 2017
End Date
February 1 2021
Last Update
July 17 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212