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Evaluation of Salivary Level of miR-155 and IL-10 in Oral Lichen Planus Patients Before and After Treatment With Topical Corticosteroid

Completed
Conditions
Oral Lichen Planus
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03871114
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

Thirty patients will be recruited from the outpatient clinic of the faculty of dentistry.fifteen systemically healthy individuals with normal mucosa and fifteen atrophic/erosive oral lichen planus patients. Oral lichen planus patients will be treated with a topical steroid and miR-155 and IL-10 will be assessed in saliva before and after 4 weeks of topical steroids use

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients clinically and histopathologically diagnosed as having atrophic/erosive OLP.
  • Patients free from any other oral lesions
  • cooperative patients who agrees to take the supplied medications.
  • Patients who are systemically healthy
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients suffering from any systemic disease.
  • Treatment with any systemic treatment such as systemic steroids, other immunosuppressive drugs or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at least eight weeks.
  • Treatment with any oral topical medications for at least four weeks prior to the study.
  • Pregnant and lactating women.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
OLP patientsTriamcinolone Acetonide in orabasefifteen patients with atrophic /erosive OLP will receive treatment with topical triamcinolone acetonide in orabase 1mg/g 3 times /day and assessed every week for 4 weeks
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measurement of salivary levels of miR-155 in OLP before treatmentbaseline

assessment of miR-155 in saliva of patients with OLP before treatment

Measurement of salivary levels of IL-10 in OLP before treatmentbaseline

assessment of IL-10 in saliva of patients with OLP before treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measurement of salivary levels of miR-155 in OLP after treatment4 weeks

assessment of miR-155 in saliva of patients with OLP after treatment

Measurement of salivary levels of IL-10 in OLP after treatment4 weeks

assessment of IL-10 in saliva of patients with OLP after treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Dentistry

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Cairo, Egypt

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