Status:
COMPLETED
The Skin Wrinkle Test: a Simple Clinical Test of Regional Block Success
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Conditions:
Skin Manifestations
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Wrinkling of the hands and feet with exposure to moist environments is a commonly observed phenomenon. This "stimulated skin wrinkling" (SSW) is the result of direct stimulation of digital nerve sympa...
Detailed Description
We estimated the sample size of four based on the use of a non-parametric analysis, and for the purpose to keep the sample of subjects to a minimum. Further that the effect size is expected to be a la...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy 18-65 year old of either gender
Exclusion
- contraindication to regional block
- preexisting nerve damage
- hand or finger injury
- active skin infection
- allergy to local anesthetic
- disease states known to affect aquagenic skin wrinkling including cystic fibrosis, diabetic neuropathy, leprosy, vascular disease and diseases of autonomic function
- Patients with history of bleeding disorders or currently using anticoagulation agents
- contraindications to EMLA cream
- breaks in the skin on the finger EMLA is to be applied
- allergy to its constituents
- history of methemoglobinemia.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 9 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 14 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
4 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03873896
Start Date
December 9 2019
End Date
December 14 2019
Last Update
January 13 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B 3V6