Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:17 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:17 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00822692
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* All patients age 18-65 who present to the emergency department with a skin abscess that requires incision and drainage.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with diabetes, HIV, cancer or other immunocompromised patients.
* Additionally, any patients who received antibiotics within one week of presentation or were hospitalized in previous month will be excluded to minimize potential confounding variables.
* Pregnant and breastfeeding patients will also be excluded due to possible safety concerns with antibiotic treatment.
* Patients with abscesses on head, face, perirectal, or periananal regions, abscesses with known tracks or fistulas to deeper structures, or abscesses requiring surgical drainage in an operating room are excluded.
* Finally, patients with sulfa allergy will be excluded.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT00822692
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00822692