Evaluation of Salivary Level of miR-155 and IL-10 in Oral Lichen Planus Patients Before and After Treatment With Topical Corticosteroid
- 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
- 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
- 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
Group Intervention Description OLP patients Triamcinolone Acetonide in orabase fifteen 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
Name Time Method Measurement of salivary levels of miR-155 in OLP before treatment baseline assessment of miR-155 in saliva of patients with OLP before treatment
Measurement of salivary levels of IL-10 in OLP before treatment baseline assessment of IL-10 in saliva of patients with OLP before treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of salivary levels of miR-155 in OLP after treatment 4 weeks assessment of miR-155 in saliva of patients with OLP after treatment
Measurement of salivary levels of IL-10 in OLP after treatment 4 weeks assessment of IL-10 in saliva of patients with OLP after treatment
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Faculty of Dentistry
🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt