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Facial Demodicosis and Ocular Demodicosis

Taiwan120 participantsStarted 2020-04-13

Plain-language summary

To understand the association between facial demodicosis and ocular demodicosis, we plan to enroll patients with facial demodicosis, ocular demodicosis, or both, in order to analyze their clinical presentations, the density of Demodex infestation over facial skin and eyelashes, and possible risk factors of the two diagnoses.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Clinical presentation of facial skin matches any of the followings:
✓. Pityriasis folliculorum.
✓. Papulopustular lesion.
✓. Rosacea.
✓. Demodex infestation detected by direct microscopic examination ≥ 5 mites/cm2.
✓. Clinical presentation of ocular region matches any of the followings:
✓. Chronic blepharitis.
✓. Eyelash abnormalities: trichiasis, distichiasis, madarosis.

Exclusion criteria

✕. Usage of oral Ivermectin, topical Ivermectin or topical tea tree oil in the past 1 month.
✕. Patient who cannot tolerate direct microscopic examination or cilia epilation test.

What they're measuring

Quantitative tests of facial and ocular demodicosis

Timeframe: On initial evaluation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04377841

SponsorNational Taiwan University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-12-14

Contact for this trial

Chang-Ming Huang, M.D.

886-972652516 b98401078@ntu.edu.tw

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