Silver Nitrate Application and Topical Corticosteroids for Hypergranulation Tissue

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This protocol describes a randomized, two arm clinical trial comparing two topical treatments in patients with hypergranulation tissue at gastrostomy tube sites. The subjects are randomized to either group 1or group 2 treatments:

Maximum duration of therapy is 4 weeks. However, the therapy may be discontinued anytime at the discretion of the investigator or if there is resolution of the of the hypergranulation tissue.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Akron Children's Hospital
• Treatments: Silver Nitrate; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Pediatric patients <18

2. Evaluated for hypergranulation at the G-tube site

3. Inpatient and out-patient

Exclusion Criteria:

Children not meeting the above criteia