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SurgeryWALANTNCT02807571

Office Based Hand Surgery Using WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet): Outcomes and Cost Savings Analysis

An observational study of Surgery, run by Corewell Health West at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

This study is aimed at determining if office based surgery is an effective way of cutting health care cost while maintaining patient safety and satisfaction. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Surgery
What is being tested?
Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
10 Feb 2017to 3 Oct 2017
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Consecutive patients seen for office based procedures that otherwise would be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015.

Who may be able to join

  • Patients seen for office based procedures that otherwise would be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015

Who cannot join

  • K-wire hardware removal
  • Closed reductions
  • Patients receiving antibiotics at the time of the procedure

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Spectrum Health

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Other trials in United States

About this study

This study is aimed at determining if office based surgery is an effective way of cutting health care cost while maintaining patient safety and satisfaction.

Read the detailed description

The study is a retrospective chart review with prospective patient satisfaction and functional outcome surveys.

Patients that have had office based procedures that otherwise could be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015 will be contacted for study enrollment. Patient satisfaction and functional outcome surveys will be administered to those patients that consent to the research study.

The data to be collected will include but is not limited to: age gender limb dominance, complications and co-morbidities.

Conditions
Surgery
Being tested
Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet
Keywords
Hand

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No TourniquetProcedure or surgery

    Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet for office based hand surgery.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Complication Rates

    Collect the incidence of complications.

    Measured: 2 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Cost savings

    Compare the costs of the WALANT procedure with similar procedures done at an ASC or as an outpatient.

    Measured: 2 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Jun 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start10 Feb 2017
  3. Primary completion3 Oct 2017
  4. Study completion3 Oct 2017

Why it stopped: Study underwent major protocol changes prior to planned enrollment

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02807571
Sponsor's protocol ID
2015-263
Acronym
WALANT
Status last verified
Sep 2023
First submitted
14 Jun 2016
Last updated
22 Sep 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Surgery, run by Corewell Health West at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Sep 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Complication Rates (time frame: 2 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Sep 2023.

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