Treatment of Recalcitrant Hand and Foot Warts With Intense Pulsed Light - a Randomized Controlled Trial

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Sponsored by:	Bispebjerg Hospital
Information provided by:	Bispebjerg Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00254280

Purpose

The purpose of the study is for recalcitrant hand and foot warts to compare the efficacy of treatment with Intense Pulsed Light and paring versus paring alone.

Condition	Intervention
Warts	Procedure: Intense Pulsed Light + paring versus paring alone

MedlinePlus related topics: Foot Health Warts

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Treatment of Recalcitrant Hand and Foot Warts With Intense Pulsed Light and Paring Versus Paring Alone - a Randomized Controlled Trial With Blinded Response Evaluation

Further study details as provided by Bispebjerg Hospital:

Study Start Date:	November 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2008

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

18 years or older
Recalcitrant warts
No previous IPL treatment of warts

Exclusion Criteria:

Immunosuppressive treatment
Patients suffering from HIV, diabetes or other immunosuppressive diseases
Pregnancy
Previous IPL treatment
Patients with a tendency to prodyce keloids or hypertrophic scars
Mosaic and flat warts
Lack of informed consent

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00254280

Locations

Denmark, Copenhagen NV
Bispebjerg hospital
Copenhagen, Copenhagen NV, Denmark, 2400

Sponsors and Collaborators

Bispebjerg Hospital

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Merete Haedersdal, MD, PhD, DrMedSci

Bispebjerg Hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	KF-01-255566
Study First Received:	November 15, 2005
Last Updated:	May 30, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00254280
Health Authority:	Denmark: The Ministry of the Interior and Health

Keywords provided by Bispebjerg Hospital:

Warts
Intense pulsed light
RCT
Recalcitrant hand and foot warts

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Virus Diseases
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Warts

Skin Diseases
DNA Virus Infections
Papillomavirus Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Skin Diseases, Viral
Neoplasms
Tumor Virus Infections

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009