Treatment of acne vulgaris
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Acne vulgaris.Acne vulgaris
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013040812758N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris will enrolled in the study. All patients must without any systemic and / or topical treatment for at least 2 months before starting the study.
Exclusion criteria: Patients excluded from the study were those with severe acne, nodulocystic acne, patients with systemic diseases, pregnant and lactating women.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in acne scoring.(mild,moderate,severe)Mild acne in which the count of pustules is less than 20 and the count of papules is less than 10. Timepoint: Each patient was instructed to use the same amount of both gels (finger tip method), ½ hour in the 1st night then wash and increase the time by ½ hour in the successive nights till reach 8 hours; thereafter to keep the applications till morning. The duration of therapy was 6 weeks and follow up for another 6weeks. Method of measurement: The clinical evaluation was done every 3 weeks by 2 dermatologists; the assessment was carried out by counting the inflammatory lesions (papules and pustules) and watching any local side effects.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The satisfaction of the patient with the treatment. Timepoint: The clinical evaluation was done every 3 weeks. Method of measurement: The satisfaction of the patients to the treatment is classified into:1- Full satisfaction.2- Partial satisfaction.3 - No satisfaction.