A preliminary study comparing daily use of home-based hand-held Narrow Band UVB comb device versus biweekly hospital-based excimer light therapy in treatment of localized vitiligo
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: L80- Vitiligo
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/11/037885
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Consecutive patients of localized vitiligo i.e. <=2% BSA or <=10 patches.
2. Patients >=18 years of age.
3. Patients who have not taken any topical therapy in last 2 weeks or systemic therapy in last 4 weeks
4. Patients giving consent for using hand held NB-UVB/excimer light
1. Patients with rapidly spreading vitiligo i.e.development of >= 5 new lesions in the past 1 month or >= 15 lesions in the past 3 months.
2. Patients with recalcitrant forms of vitiligo i.e., lip-tip vitiligo, segmental vitiligo, genital vitiligo and with predominant leukotrichia on patches.
3. Patients with concomitant photo-aggravated dermatoses.
4. Patients who are unable to adhere to instructions on use of the hand-held NB-UVB comb device or maintain it or patients unable to visit the hospital for excimer light therapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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