Comparison Of Doxycycline And Common Salt For Treatment Of Umbilical Granuloma: A Randomised Control Trial

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Completed

• Conditions: Umbilical Granuloma
• Interventions: Other: COMMON SALT; Drug: Doxycyclin

• Registration Number: NCT05545462
• Lead Sponsor: Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University

Brief Summary

it is the study for the disease called umbilical granuloma to look for the better treatment option which can be performed by healthcare physicians and local nurses and even parents

Detailed Description

umbilical granuloma is a condition for which multiple treatments are available those including interventional and non interventional, most of the treatments are performed by the health care physician like application of silver nitrate cryotherapy, electrocautery, double ligation.

the main goal of this study is to prefer those method or drugs which could be safely used by the nurses the health care personal and even by parents at home with fewer side effects

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-30
• Study Completion: 2021-09-30
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-16
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 196

Inclusion Criteria

• Inclusion criteria:

  1. Neonates and infants (age<1yr)
  2. Both genders
  3. Confirmed by ultrasonography and sinography (if applicable)

Exclusion Criteria

• 1. If any treatment is already given 2. Patient lost in follow up 3. Refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
COMPARISON BETWEEN COMMON SALT AND SOXYCYLIN FOR TREATMENT OF UMBILICAL GRANULOMA	COMMON SALT	to study the comparison of doxycycline and common salt for the treatment of umbilical granuloma to check which is more effective safe timesaving and can be performed by even parents it showed that common salt is more effective than doxycycline
COMPARISON OF DOXYCYCLINE AND COMMON SALT FOR TREATMENT OF UMBILICAL GRANULOMA IN CHILDREN	Doxycyclin	to study the comparison of doxycycline and common salt for the treatment of umbilical granuloma to check which is more effective safe timesaving and can be performed by even parents it showed that common salt is more effective than doxycycline

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison Of Doxycycline And Common Salt (TableCooking) For Treatment Of Umbilical Granuloma In Children: A Randomised Control Trial	1 year	for the treatment of Umbilical Granuloma multiple treatment options are available. and we have studied about the two methods the common salt any doxycycline The use of common salt to treat umbilical granuloma is a simple, highly effective, and inexpensive with minimum complications or relapse as compared to doxycycline. Treatment can be performed by physicians, nurses, primary health-care staff in remote areas, and even by parents.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pakistan institute of medical Sciences/ Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University; 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Pakistan