Management of Nailbed Injuries

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Nail Bed Injury
• Interventions: Procedure: Nail plate removal, nail bed repair

• Registration Number: NCT04652635
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-03
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-22
• Study Start: 2024-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2050-12-31
• Study Completion: 2050-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

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

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Exclusion Criteria

• nail plate absent over the nailbed injury

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants who experience complications over time	6 months	Any complication, including but not limited to infection or wound healing complications
Change in pain score over time as measured on a pain scale	6 months	Scored from 0-10 (higher scores indicate worse pain)
Change in cosmetic appearance over time as measured by the Oxford Finger Nail Appearance Score	6 months	Oxford Finger Nail Appearance Score (OFNAS), ranges from 0 to 5 (5 is the best appearance)
Change in upper extremity function over time as measured by the QuickDash score	6 months	Quick Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, \& Hand (QuickDASH) score, ranges from 0 (no disability) to 100 (most severe disability)