Efficacy of Laser Versus Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Warts (NCT01808443) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Efficacy of Laser Versus Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Warts
China150 participantsStarted 2013-03
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of laser versus cryotherapy on the treatment of warts
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients have cutaneous warts, including common warts(d≥1cm or n≥5 ), plantar warts, periungual warts, mosaic warts, which are suitable for cryotherapy and laser treatment .
* patients aged eighting years and over, who have junior school degree or above
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who have more than 20 warts
* Patients who are currently participating in another trial for the treatment of their warts
* Patients who took immunosuppressant drugs such as oral corticosteroids within the past three months.
* Patients who are pregnant or ready for pregnancies or breast-feeding.
* Patients who have impaired healing eg due to diabetes, vascular disease, vitamin A deficiency, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism.
* Patients who have autoimmune diseases, eg SLE, dermatomyositis, scleroderma and other diseases .
* Patients who have cold intolerance, eg cold urticaria, cryoglobulinaemia, cold agglutinin syndrome, Raynaud's syndrome.
* Patients who have local injections intolerance.
* Patients who have local hypoesthesia .
* Patients who can not tolerate cryotherapy or laser treatment for their own reasons.
What they're measuring
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cure rate
Timeframe: Cure rate will be calculated at 16 weeks and 6 months from the first treatment
Trial details
NCT IDNCT01808443
SponsorThe 306 Hospital of People's Liberation Army