Antibacterial clothing study
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Atopic dermatitis
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25728
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus MC
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 165
Inclusion Criteria
AD diagnosed according to the criteria of Williams (Williams 1994);
- Age 0 - 80 years;
- AD severity according to EASI at t = 0 >6.0.
Exclusion Criteria
- Treatment with oral antibiotics until 1 month before inclusion;
- Treatment with topical antibiotics until 1 week before inclusion;
- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive agents or light therapy until 1 month before inclusion;
- Treatment with (antibacterial) therapeutic clothing until 1 month before inclusion;
- Impaired kidney function (anamnestic assessed)
- Pregnancy or pregnancy wish during study (anamnestic assessed)
- Hypersensitivity to silver (anamnestic assessed)
- Evidence of past non-compliance to treatments or appointments.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in disease severity measured by the EASI by between the clothing without antimicrobial agents (control group) and microbial growth reducing/ antimicrobial clothing based on chitosan or silver (intervention groups) over 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method