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Cryotherapy Versus Laser for the Treatment of Nongenital Cutaneous Warts: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial


Phase 3
18 Years
N/A
Not Enrolling
Both
Warts

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Trial Information

Cryotherapy Versus Laser for the Treatment of Nongenital Cutaneous Warts: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial


Cutaneous warts were a common skin diseases caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection.
Although warts may spontaneously resolve, many patients seek for treatment for various
reasons. There are many kinds of treatments for cutaneous warts, including salicylic acid,
cryotherapy, laser, etc. A recent high quality RCT confirmed that the cure rate of topical
salicylic acid and frozen has no difference at six months, but the efficacy of laser versus
cryotherapy on the treatment of warts remains unclear. Therefore, we designed a randomized
controlled trial to test the efficacy of laser versus cryotherapy on the treatment of warts.


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.

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Outcome Measure:

cure rate

Outcome Description:

Warts was considered cured if they was no longer visible and could not be palpated anymore by hand. Assessment of whether or not cured was performed on site by a senior dermatologist

Outcome Time Frame:

Cure rate will be calculated at 16 weeks and 6 months from the first treatment

Safety Issue:

Yes

Principal Investigator

Shichao Lu, MD

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Dermatology Deparment of the 306 Hospital of PLA

Authority:

China: Ethics Committee

Study ID:

306PLA-001

NCT ID:

NCT01808443

Start Date:

March 2013

Completion Date:

March 2015

Related Keywords:

  • Warts
  • cryotherapy
  • laser
  • cutaneous warts
  • Warts

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