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Effect of Fasting on Patient Outcomes After Wide-Awake, Local Anesthesia-only, No Tourniquet (WALANT) Procedures

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing wide-awake, local anesthetic-only, no-tourniquet (WALANT) procedures with the lead researcher.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes or allergy to local anesthesia, \< 18 years of age, patients unable to follow up.

About the study

The purpose of this study is to determine whether eating solid food prior to undergoing a wide awake local-only no tourniquet (WALANT) procedure reduces anxiety in patients or has any effect on outcomes. Patients will be split randomly into two groups and told whether to eat or fast before their procedure. We will then compare levels of anxiety and nausea on the day of the procedure as well as satisfaction with the procedure and other outcome measures at follow-up visits. Our hypothesis is that patients who are instructed to eat before their WALANT procedure will have less anxiety, nausea, and overall higher satisfaction compared to those who are instructed to fast prior to their procedure.

What is being tested

• Non-fasting (other)
• Fasting (other)

Sponsor: University of California, Irvine · Participants: 134 · Started: Feb 22, 2024

Contact the study team

• Michael W Madsen, BA · Phone: 2083090808
• Mikhail Pakvasa, MD · Phone: 714.456.5253

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05819801

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.