# A Comparison of Techniques for Treating Skin Abscesses

> **NCT01897675** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Boston Medical Center** · enrollment: 233 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cutaneous Abscess

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Incision and Drainage with packing (wick) placement
- **PROCEDURE:** Abscess drainage with loop placement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01897675
- **Lead sponsor:** Boston Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-03
- **Final completion:** 2017-03-09
- **Target enrollment:** 233 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-04-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01897675

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01897675, "A Comparison of Techniques for Treating Skin Abscesses". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01897675. Licensed CC0.

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