Management of Nailbed Injuries

Stanford University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Nail Bed Injury

Treatments: Procedure: Nail plate removal, nail bed repair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04652635

59042

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether nail plate removal in suspected nailbed injury improves patient outcomes.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any individual greater than or equal to 2 years of age presenting with a suspected nailbed injury (laceration adjacent to or through nail plate and/or subungual hematoma) with the nail plate present

Exclusion criteria

• nail plate absent over the nailbed injury

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Nail plate removal, nail bed repair

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will undergo nail plate removal and nail bed repair, and follow up at clinic visits at 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months

Treatment:

Procedure: Nail plate removal, nail bed repair

Observation

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will follow up at clinic visits at 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months