Evaluation of the Efficacy of Mixed Methylene Blue Compound Injection for the Treatment of Nonneoplastic Epithelial Disorders of Vulva.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 118
- 主要终点
- itching scores
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of mixed methylene blue compound Injection for the treatment of nonneoplastic epithelial disorders(NNEDS) of vulva.
NNEDS of skin and mucosa of vulva refer to a group of chronic diseases including squamous hyperplasia and lichen sclerosus, which mainly cause vulvar itching and hypopigmentation. Usually the itching is severe may influence social activities and sleep. In addition, NNEDS cause scarring of the vulva which may cause significant sexual dysfunction or pain. The reasons for NNEDs are not clear and the methods of treatment are diverse. The current treatments are primarily local drug (e.g. steroid, calcineurin inhibitors, immunosuppressive agents ), surgical treatments, laser or photodynamic therapy, and the "gold standard" treatment for lichen sclerosus is potent steroids creams. However, all the treatments are not good enough, and the diseases often recur and severely affect women's quality of life. So the investigators reviewed plenty of literatures, and found some authors used single intradermal 1% methylene blue injection for intractable idiopathic pruritus ani and the effect was good. As a preliminary experiment, the investigators used intradermal mixed methylene blue compound injection for a NNEDs patient in the year of 2012, the itching of the patient stopped immediately and the color of the vulva recovered 6 months later. The patient keeps healthy till now. And from then on, the investigators designed this study and to verify the effect and complications of intradermal mixed methylene blue compound injection for the treatment of NNEDS. So far, there is no similar study reported internationally.
详细描述
Methylene blue compound injection are mixed by Methylene Blue injection, Dexamethasone powder-injection, Ropivacaine injection and Normal saline injection. Each individual component can help in a very wide range of medical conditions without serious side effects.
In this study,the investigators used methylene blue compound injection intradermally to treat NNEDs patients. Patients with a diagnosis of biopsy proven NNEDs from Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province (China) between October 2013 to October 2016 were recruited. Every patient received intradermal mixed methylene blue compound injection twice. All patients were observed during the hospitalization at the first injection, and two weeks later they received the second injection at the outpatient department. Ages, itching scores, percentage of hypopigmented skin, and recurrences were recorded through inquiry and physical examination before and after treatment. Side effects (such as edema, fever and vulva pain) were also recorded. All women were followed up 1, 3, 6, 12 months after treatment, which included inquiry and physical examination.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients with clinically and biopsy confirmed non-neoplasia epithelial disorders of skin and mucosa of vulva.
- •Patient must have a score of 5 or greater in the itching score table before treatment and the itching must last at least 6 months.
排除标准
- •Patients with vulvovaginal or other gynecological trauma, acute inflammatory diseases and other acute illness
- •Patients have been treated with any kind of topical therapy at the vulva within 12 weeks prior to participation in the study
- •Patients with other serious diseases (e.g. liver or kidney diseases) that need immediate treatment
- •Patients with atypical vulvar hyperplasia or vulvar cancer confirmed by biopsy
研究组 & 干预措施
treatment group
Methylene blue compound injection are mixed by Methylene Blue injection, Dexamethasone powder-injection, Ropivacaine injection and Normal saline injection. Each individual component can help in a very wide range of medical conditions without serious side effects.
Every patient received intradermal mixed methylene blue compound injection twice. All patients were observed during the hospitalization at the first injection, and two weeks later they received the second injection at the outpatient department.
干预措施: mixed methylene blue compound injection (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
itching scores
时间窗: 1 years
The patients rate the itching on a visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after the treatment. A VAS is a 100-mm long horizontal line with verbal descriptors at each end to express the extremes of the itching feeling. The most severe itching equals to score 10, and no itching equals to score 0. Patients marked the point on the line that best corresponded to their itching severity.
次要结局
- percentage of hypopigmented skin(1 years)
