Comparison of steroid releasing patch and steroid injections for oral submucous fibrosis
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients with any stage of Oral submucous fibrosis and are willing to stop the habit of chewing betel quid/ Gutkha
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/02/002437
- Lead Sponsor
- DrUjjwal Joshi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
a. Patient with any stage of oral submucous fibrosis
b. Willing to stop the habit of chewing betel quid/ Gutkha
c. No systemic disorders like diabetes mellitus, AIDS or Hypertension
Exclusion Criteria
a. Patients not stoping the chewing habit
b. Patients not willing to get intralesional injections
c. Patients who cannot come repeatedly for the treatment/ assessment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Mouth opening measured as inter incisal distance in millimeters <br/ ><br>2. Burning sensation measured as 0 to 100 Visual analogue scaleTimepoint: Both outcomes are recorded after every week after treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Discomfort level during the treatment procedure was recorded in patients own words as descriptive dataTimepoint: Once in a week after the treatment recieved