Effects of pumpkin (moschata cucurbita )ointment on chronic hand eczema

Phase 3

Conditions: Chronic hand eczema.
Other dermatitis

Registration Number: IRCT2014012916412N1

Lead Sponsor: Vice Chancellor for research of Tehran university School of Traditional Medicine

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Interested in participating in the study; Age 18+; In patients with mild to moderate chronic hand eczema according to criteria HECSI. (Occupational dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis irritant); Non-use of oral corticosteroids during the last two months; Lack of local immunosupresor within four weeks prior to treatment; Lack of pregnancy and lactation; No history of contact dermatitis to prescription drugs; Lack of local infection; Having no obsessive and excessive washing with water and detergent; Absence of immunosuppressive disease
exclusion criteria: History of allergy to drugs; Use of oral or topical corticosteroids during the 4 weeks before the study; Local infection at the site of the lesion eczema; Women during pregnancy or lactation; Patients with severe obsessive washing; Having a physical or mental disorders that interfere with participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dermatology Life Quality Index. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 14 and 28. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Hand Eczema Severity Index. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 14 and 28. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recovery rates. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the day Fourteenth and twenty-eighth. Method of measurement: Picture.;Skin reactions. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the day Fourteenth and twenty-eighth. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.