Cosmetic Outcome at 4 Months in Hand and Feet Lacerations in Children: Conservative Versus Suture Repair
16 septembre 2020 mis à jour par: Trevor Tredway, MD, St. Louis University
Conservative Versus Suture Repair of Hand and Feet Lacerations in Children
Hand and feet lacerations are common in children with repair often requiring conscious sedation and needle sticks for repair.
Growing evidence in adults reveal that many of these small lacerations do quite well cosmetically without intervention.
This randomized controlled trial will evaluated the cosmetic outcome at 4 months in two groups of children with hand or feet lacerations <2 cm comparing suturing vs conservative wound management.
Aperçu de l'étude
Statut
Résilié
Intervention / Traitement
Description détaillée
The purpose of this study is to compare outcomes of 2 repair methods in simple (<2cm) hand and feet lacerations in the pediatric population (2-17 yrs).
Our hypothesis is that there is no statistical difference in cosmetic outcomes between suture repair and non-repair of these injuries.
This study has been performed in the adult population, but has not yet been done in children.
The researchers would like to be the first to show that conservative repair can be done in our pediatric population.
The suture group will have their injuries repaired with non-absorbable sutures (nylon) which remain the gold standard in cosmetic repair of hands and feet.
The conservative group will have identical cleaning and preparation of the wound, but the laceration will be covered with antibiotic ointment and sterile gauze without repair.
Secondary outcome measure include patient satisfaction, infection rates, pain during repair, time of initial ED visit stay, and cost of supplies used in repair.
Our patients will return in 10 -14 days for follow up and in 4 months for evaluation of the wound and for digital pictures to be taken of the wound.
Wounds and scars will be evaluated at both 10 -14 days and 4 months by both the researchers and the parents or care givers.
A satisfaction survey will be administered to the parent or guardian.
At 3-4 months, digital photographs of the healing lacerations will be graded for appearance by clinicians blinded to the repair method.
The initial visit will be billed to their insurance and the follow-up visits will be free.
Type d'étude
Interventionnel
Inscription (Réel)
26
Phase
- N'est pas applicable
Contacts et emplacements
Cette section fournit les coordonnées de ceux qui mènent l'étude et des informations sur le lieu où cette étude est menée.
Lieux d'étude
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Missouri
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Saint Louis, Missouri, États-Unis, 63104
- cardinal glennon children's hospital / Division of Emergency Medicine
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Critères de participation
Les chercheurs recherchent des personnes qui correspondent à une certaine description, appelée critères d'éligibilité. Certains exemples de ces critères sont l'état de santé général d'une personne ou des traitements antérieurs.
Critère d'éligibilité
Âges éligibles pour étudier
2 ans à 17 ans (Enfant)
Accepte les volontaires sains
Non
Sexes éligibles pour l'étude
Tout
La description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any English-speaking child, 2 to 17 years of age that presents to the emergency department at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center with a hand or foot laceration less than or equal to 2 cm is eligible for the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients will be excluded if their laceration is greater than 2 cm, have irregular borders or are, deeper than 0.5 cm.
- Wounds that are the result of a mammalian bite,
- Wounds more than minimally contaminated on visual inspection or are more than 8 hours old.
- Wounds associated with an open fracture, involve a partial amputation or involve a puncture wound.
- Wounds that involve the nailbed or a fingernail avulsion will be excluded.
- Patients with confirmed or suspected retained foreign bodies in the wound would also be excluded.
- Patients will also be excluded if hemostasis could not be attained after 15 minutes of pressure.
- Patients with complex lacerations who need plastic surgery or other sub-specialty repair will be excluded.
- Complex lacerations include: associated or suspected neurovascular, tendon, ligament, or bone injury, need for deep/multi-layer sutures will be excluded.
- Patients with known or suspected immunodeficiency, bleeding or clotting disorders, pregnancy, diabetes, renal dysfunction, or allergic reaction to local anesthesia are also excluded.
- Patients with a history of anticoagulant or chronic steroid use in the last year. Chronic steroid use is defined by use of steroids (PO, IV, IM, or topical) for more than 14 consecutive days, for more than 3 separate courses per year will be excluded.
- Foster children will also be excluded, due to complications regarding custody, consent, and follow-up issues.
- Patients with allergies to topical anesthetics solution will be excluded from the study.
Plan d'étude
Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.
Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?
Détails de conception
- Objectif principal: Traitement
- Répartition: Randomisé
- Modèle interventionnel: Affectation parallèle
- Masquage: Seul
Armes et Interventions
Groupe de participants / Bras |
Intervention / Traitement |
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Aucune intervention: conservative
patient fulfilling entry criteria will be randomized to the conservative arm - no suturing
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Comparateur actif: suture
patient fulfilling entry criteria will be randomized to the suture arm for repair with nylon suture material
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Repair of wound with suture
Repair of wound with suture
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Que mesure l'étude ?
Principaux critères de jugement
Mesure des résultats |
Description de la mesure |
Délai |
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Cosmetic Outcome of Hand and Feet Laceration in Children : Conservative vs Suture Repair
Délai: 4 months
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Randomized, parallel group study will compare cosmetic outcome by digital picture by blinded evaluators at 4 months post enrollment. The digital pictures of the laceration repairs were scored using a previously validated Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The VAS scale is a 100-mm continuous line that is marked at the right end with "best appearance/scar"(score 100), and on the left end with "worst appearance/scar" (score 0). |
4 months
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Mesures de résultats secondaires
Mesure des résultats |
Description de la mesure |
Délai |
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Wound Healing in Hand and Feet Lacerations in Children: Conservative vs Suture Repair
Délai: 10-14 days
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Wound healing by visual inspection at the first follow up visit. The wounds will be evaluated for complications that were defined a priori as follows: "wound infection" was one that required systemic antibiotics as determined by the treating attending physician; and "wound dehiscence" as a wound that required the placement of additional sutures or tissue adhesives. The outcome measure data is reported as the number of participants without the presence of "wound infection" or "wound dehiscence". |
10-14 days
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Cosmetic Outcome of Hand and Feet Laceration in Children : Conservative vs Suture Repair
Délai: 10-14 days
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Infection rate by visual inspection.
The wounds will be evaluated for complications that were defined a priori as follows: "wound infection" was one that required systemic antibiotics as determined by the treating attending physician; and "wound dehiscence" as a wound that required the placement of additional sutures or tissue adhesives.
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10-14 days
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Cosmetic Outcome of Hand and Feet Laceration in Children : Conservative vs Suture Repair
Délai: 10-14 days
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Rate of wound dehiscence by visual inspection.
The wounds will be evaluated for complications that were defined a priori as follows: "wound infection" was one that required systemic antibiotics as determined by the treating attending physician; and "wound dehiscence" as a wound that required the placement of additional sutures or tissue adhesives.
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10-14 days
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Collaborateurs et enquêteurs
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Dates d'enregistrement des études
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Dates principales de l'étude
Début de l'étude (Réel)
13 avril 2014
Achèvement primaire (Réel)
1 mai 2019
Achèvement de l'étude (Réel)
1 mai 2019
Dates d'inscription aux études
Première soumission
22 septembre 2017
Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité
25 octobre 2017
Première publication (Réel)
26 octobre 2017
Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude
Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)
9 octobre 2020
Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité
16 septembre 2020
Dernière vérification
1 septembre 2020
Plus d'information
Termes liés à cette étude
Mots clés
Termes MeSH pertinents supplémentaires
Autres numéros d'identification d'étude
- IRB 26912
Plan pour les données individuelles des participants (IPD)
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Description du régime IPD
if other facilities are performing similar studies would be happy to participate
Délai de partage IPD
7/19
Critères d'accès au partage IPD
By Appointment
Type d'informations de prise en charge du partage d'IPD
- PROTOCOLE D'ÉTUDE
- CIF
Informations sur les médicaments et les dispositifs, documents d'étude
Étudie un produit pharmaceutique réglementé par la FDA américaine
Non
Étudie un produit d'appareil réglementé par la FDA américaine
Oui
produit fabriqué et exporté des États-Unis.
Non
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