Intralesional Vitamin D Injection for Treatment of Common Warts
- 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
Group Intervention Description Vitamin D3 Treatment Group Vitamin D3 Subjects will receive a Vitamin D3 injection into their wart Placebo Group Placebo Subjects will receive a placebo injection into their wart
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complete Regression of Wart 24 weeks Number of subjects to have a complete resolution of cutaneous wart
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Regression of Wart at 4 Weeks 4 weeks Number of participants who experienced complete regression of cutaneous wart at 4 weeks.
Regression of Wart at 8 Weeks 8 weeks Number of participants who experienced complete regression of cutaneous wart at 8 weeks.
Regression of Wart at 12 Weeks 12 weeks Number of participants who experienced complete regression of cutaneous wart at 12 weeks.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Mayo Clinic
🇺🇸Rochester, Minnesota, United States