â??A clinical trial to study the beneficial effects of the drug â??â??Rupatadineâ?? in â??â??Allergic skin disease
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Chronic Idiopathic UrticariaHealth Condition 2: L501- Idiopathic urticaria
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/05/008624
- Lead Sponsor
- SRM University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Man or woman aged between 18 to 65yrs old.
2.Documented history of active CIU (urticaria wheals) for at least three days per week over the last 6 weeks.
3.Active CIU(labeled as moderate pruritus) for at least 3 days (not necessarily consecutive days) in the week before inclusion with a total score of active CIU labeled as at least a moderate severity of pruritus (score>=2) for these 3 days.
4.Those who were willing to participate in the study and comply with its procedures by signing a written informed consent.
1.Patients suffering from other forms of urticaria, with significant concomitant illness (e.g., malignancies or hepatic, psychiatric, endocrine or other major systemic diseases).
2.Pregnant women, lactating mothers, females on oral contraceptive pills.
3.Patients on antihistaminic therapy for 72 hours, or steroids for one
month, were excluded from the study.
4.Patients with Drug Allergy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improves Total Symptom score(TSS)Timepoint: At the end of 6 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improves Dermatology Life Quality Index(DLQI), <br/ ><br>Improve Global Efficacy Score, <br/ ><br>Observing Adverse drug reaction by Visual Analogue scale.Timepoint: At the end of 6 weeks