Effect of Tumescent Lidocaine on Platelet Function

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of lidocaine, delivered into subcutaneous tissue for tumescent local anesthesia, on platelet activation following the tumescent liposuction.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Klein, Jeffrey A., M.D.
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have requested tumescent liposuction

• Healthy adults

• ASA Class I, II, or III

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known allergy to lidocaine

• younger than 18 years

• Positive serology for Hepatitis C, HIV

• Chronic fatigue Syndrome

• known bleeding disorder

• significant psychiatric problems

• History of seizures

• Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia

• Conditions predisposing to surgical site infections

• Active bacterial infection

• taking drugs know to affect hemostasis