Homeopathic medicines for ringworm
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B354- Tinea corporis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/11/021999
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Institute of Homoeopathy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Patients suffering from tinea corporis since last 3 months
2. Age 18-65 years
3. Both sexes
4. Literate patients; ability to read English and/or Bengali
5. Providing written informed consent
6. Patient using antifungal agents for tinea lesions will be included after a washout period of four weeks
1. Cases with complication like lichenification and eczematisation
2. Similar looking skin conditions; e.g. seborrhic dermatitis, pityriasis rosea and psoriasis
3. Patients who are too sick for consultation, unable to read patient information sheet, unwilling to take part or not giving consent to join the study
4. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure
5. Pregnant women and lactating mothers
6. Substance abuse and/or dependence
7. Self-reported immune-compromised state, and
8. Already undergoing homeopathic treatment for chronic disease within last 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of patients in each group showing complete disappearance of the skin lesion over 3 months of interventionTimepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intensity of pruritus measured by 0-10 numeric rating scalesTimepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months;Skindex-29 questionnaireTimepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months