A CLINICAL TRIAL TO STUDY AND COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF LASER AND FERULIC ACID CHEMICAL PEEL IN THE OF TREATMENT OF A SKIN DISEASE CALLED ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY DIRTY HYPERPIGMENTATION OF NECK .
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: PCS- Health Condition 2: L83- Acanthosis nigricans
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/03/064291
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Akshata Yadav S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients of both the sexes with neck acanthosis nigricans
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with recent history of any topical treatment and any procedures for neck acanthosis nigricans at least 1month before enrolment into the study.
2.Patients who received systemic retinoids six months prior to the start of study.
3.Patients with skin infection of the neck at the time of the session.
4.Patients with keloidal tendency.
5.Pregnant or lactating women.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the efficacy of fractional co2 laser and ferulic acid sequential peel (12% and 8%) in the treatment of neck acanthosis nigricans. <br/ ><br>It is assessed by ANASI score system. <br/ ><br>visual analogue scale (scoring from 0 to 10) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline, 2 weeks once follow up for 2months. <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To document the post procedural side effects of fractional co2 laser & ferulic acid sequential peel (12% & 8%) in the treatment of neck acanthosis nigricans. <br/ ><br>The Global Photograph Assessment (GPA)scale. <br/ ><br>The visual discomfort scale (scoring from 0 to 10)Timepoint: Baseline ,once in 2weeks follow up for 2months.