Nailbed Repair for Nailbed Injuries

This study is looking at two ways to treat nail bed injuries: either by repairing the nail bed directly, or by simply cleaning and dressing the injury. The main goal is to see if repairing the nail bed leads to better outcomes. You might be able to join if you are at least 2 years old, have a disrupted nail plate, a cut near your nail that might go into the nail matrix (the part that grows the nail), or a large bruise under your nail (subungual hematoma) covering more than half of it. You also need to have had the injury within the last 3 days. We don't know yet if the study is actively looking for participants.

Study design
This study compares two treatment methods. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Outcomes will be measured at 1-2 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after treatment.

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NCT07388823

Nailbed Repair for Patients With Nailbed Injuries

Recruiting
NAAges 2+InterventionalTreatment
Stanford University
~100 participants
Updated 2026-07-20 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Nail Bed RepairNail bed dressing

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Oxford Nail Score
Measured over From time of treatment, outcomes will be measured at 1-2 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
Nail Bed Injury
Nail Laceration
Nail Plate Disruption
1 sites across 1 states
California1

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

patients 2+ years of age
presenting with disruption of nail plate or laceration adjacent to nail which appears that it may extend into the nail matrix OR subungual hematoma \>50% of nail
presenting within 3 days of acute injury

Exclusion

missing (e.g. avulsed) nail bed or segment of nail bed,
prior injury to affected nail
need for surgical treatment of injury (e.g. underlying operative fracture)
  • Oxford Nail ScoreFrom time of treatment, outcomes will be measured at 1-2 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years

    The Oxford Nail Score assess five cosmetic components marked as binary outcomes composed of nail shape, nail adherence, eponychial appearance, nail surface appearance and presence of a split. The final score is 0-5, where 0 is "least optimal appearance" and 5 is "most optimal appearance."