TerminatedNot Applicable

Trial Comparing Cosmetic Outcomes of Pediatric Laceration Closure Using Skin Glue, Medical Tape Versus Stitches

Stopped: The COVID-19 pandemic made prospective enrollment no longer possible

United States55 participantsStarted 2017-09-23

Plain-language 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 (invented in the 1960s) are two newer methods to close skin cuts. The purpose of this study is to find out which method (stitches, skin glue, or medical tape) of closing skin cuts results in the least amount of scarring. Other things the investigators will be looking at are which method is the cheapest, which causes the least pain, which requires the least amount of sedation, and which method patients and parents like the best.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Criteria: * 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

What they're measuring

Cosmetic Outcome of Scar at 3 Months

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03280628

SponsorVanderbilt University Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-02-01

Results submitted2022-03-30