Recruiting

Tissue Adhesive vs. Suture

Sponsor:

Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego

Code:

NCT00292513

Conditions

Cyst of Face, Neck or Shoulder

Pilomatrixoma of Face, Neck or Shoulder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

standard suture (5-0 prolene), topical skin adhesive (dermabond), absorbable suture (5-0 Chromic gut)

Study Details

Brief summary:

Standard suture is superior to both tissue adhesive (2-octyl cyanoacrylate) and absorbable sutures with respect to cosmetic outcome of, complication rate of and parental satisfaction with the closure of low tension facial, neck and shoulder, wounds in children and adolescents

Conditions

Cyst of Face, Neck or Shoulder

Pilomatrixoma of Face, Neck or Shoulder

Study ID

NCT00292513

Status verified date

May, 2005

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age less than or equal to 18
  • Pre-operative diagnosis of cyst or pilomatrixoma of neck, face or shoulder
  • outpatient scheduled for outpatient or day surgery at Children's Hospital San Diego

Exclusion Criteria:

  • known hypersensitivity to cyanoacrylate or formaldehyde
  • lesions with any evidence of active infection or gangrene
  • lesions on or across mucocutaneous surfaces
  • lesions in which skin may be regularly exposed to body fluids
  • lesions located in areas of dense natural hair (ie scalp)
  • patients with peripheral vascular disease, insulin dependent diabetes mellitis or blood clotting disorders
  • patients with known immunodeficiencies
  • inability to return for follow-up

Study Design

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

standard suture (5-0 prolene), topical skin adhesive (dermabond), absorbable suture (5-0 Chromic gut)

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Bari B Cunningham, MD

858-576-1700bcunningham@chsd.org

Locations

Children's Hospital San Diego

Recruiting

San Diego, California, United States, 92123

Principal Investigator:

Bari B Cunningham, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego

Last update posted

Feb 16, 2006

Last verified

May, 2005

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego on 2006-02-16.