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Intralesional Vitamin D Injection for Treatment of Common Warts

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Warts
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT04278573
Lead Sponsor
Stephen P. Merry
Brief Summary

Researchers are trying to find out if injecting Vitamin D into a wart is an effective treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
77
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patients seen at the Mayo Clinic Rochester practices
  • Patients suffering from one or more cutaneous warts as diagnosed by the examining physician at baseline visit on typical diagnostic characteristics
  • Able to provide consent
  • Both recalcitrant and non-recalcitrant warts will be included
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with prior use of home or office-based destructive treatments for this wart(s) in the last 1 month with salicylic acid (SA) or cryotherapy
  • Immunoadjuvant therapy for warts in the last 4 months (e.g Candida)
  • History of vitamin D injection of warts ever
  • High-dose vitamin D supplementation (>4,000 IU daily or equivalent) in the preceding 3 months
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Facial or genital warts
  • Lesions not felt by the examining clinician to be a wart (e.g., corns or calluses)
  • Immunosuppression (to include immunosuppressive medications or conditions as judged by the physician evaluating the patient at the baseline visit).
  • Allergy to sesame oil

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Vitamin D3 Treatment GroupVitamin D3Subjects will receive a Vitamin D3 injection into their wart
Placebo GroupPlaceboSubjects will receive a placebo injection into their wart
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complete Regression of Wart24 weeks

Number of subjects to have a complete resolution of cutaneous wart

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Regression of Wart at 4 Weeks4 weeks

Number of participants who experienced complete regression of cutaneous wart at 4 weeks.

Regression of Wart at 8 Weeks8 weeks

Number of participants who experienced complete regression of cutaneous wart at 8 weeks.

Regression of Wart at 12 Weeks12 weeks

Number of participants who experienced complete regression of cutaneous wart at 12 weeks.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic

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Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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