Foam Tape Allergy a Sticky Situation

CHRISTUS Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medical Adhesive Allergy; Dermatologic Conditions; Dermatologic Lesions

Treatments: Other: 2x2 inch piece of 3M microfoam adhesive

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06059417

2022-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Foam tape is commonly used in the emergency department as a dressing over chest tubes owing to its occlusive and compressible properties. There is a paucity of data regarding the incidence of significant cutaneous reactions to this material. The investigators conducted a prospective trial to evaluate the incidence of dermatitis following application of foam tape to the upper arm of a cohort of healthy volunteers.

Full description

This was a prospective, interventional trial. The investigators enrolled a cohort of consenting, healthy physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff at a teaching facility who did not have known hypersensitivity to foam tape. Study investigators applied a 2x2 inch piece of 3M micro-foam adhesive to the medial aspect of each subject's upper arm. The contralateral arm served as a reference for comparison. The adhesive remained in place for 48 hours and the study authors assessed patients utilizing the previously validated Cutaneous Irritancy Scoring System (CISS). Categorical variables analyzed by chi-square, continuous variables with t-tests.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 - 70
• No reported history of dermatologic conditions
• No active dermatologic lesions
• Able to provide written consent to participation in the study.
• Resident and/or ancillary staff

Exclusion criteria

• Hospitalized patients
• Adults unable to consent.
• Prisoners
• Adults with anaphylaxis to medical adhesives

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Foam-tape/Control

Other group

Description:

One of the participants upper extremity (arm) was used for intervention and the same participants other arm was used as the control in this study. There was only 1 research arm in this study and all study participants were in it.

Treatment:

Other: 2x2 inch piece of 3M microfoam adhesive