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| Name | Class |
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| Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | OTHER_GOV |
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Hypodermic needles are conventionally used to deliver drugs and vaccines into the muscle of humans and animals. Side effects of these needle injections are pain, bleeding, and anxiety in patients. An alternative drug and vaccine delivery method is the use of hollow microneedles, which are sub-millimeter needle-like structures. Microneedles are pain- and bleeding-free, as they do not reach the nerve-endings and blood capillaries in the skin. As a result, they are better received by patients and do not induce needle anxiety. As the investigators' microneedles are made of gold- or silver-coated, as well as uncoated nickel, the purpose of this study is to observe their biocompatibility and inertness.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel allergic | Participants have proven nickel allergy |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Gold- or silver-coated, or uncoated nickel microneedles | Device | The stratum corneum of the participants will be breached with the gold- and silver-coated, or uncoated nickel microneedles. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Skin reaction as measured by a contact dermatitis classification system | Allergic patch-test based grading will be done according to the Wilkinson DS et al 1970 reference. | 7 days |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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15 subjects will be enrolled in the trial. Subjects who meet all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be eligible to enroll in the trial.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Urs Hafeli, Ph.D. | Professor | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of British Columbia | Vancouver | British Columbia | V6T 1Z3 | Canada |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| D003877 | Dermatitis, Contact |
| ID | Term |
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| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D003872 | Dermatitis |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
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| D017443 |
| Skin Diseases, Eczematous |