Evaluation of Trichoscopy in the Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tinea Capitis
• Interventions: Device: Dermoscopy

• Registration Number: NCT02550496
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Brief Summary

Waiting for a proof by mycological culture is usually necessary before starting a systemic antifungal therapy. It therefore seems to us interesting to evaluate the benefit of using dermoscopy in clinical diagnosis of Tinea Capitis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-09-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-09-14
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-15
• Primary Completion: 2017-01-23
• Study Completion: 2017-01-23
• Status Verified: 2018-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 2018-08-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients with clinically diagnosed tinea capitis
• Patient has signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient with kerion or tinea favosa
• Antifungal treatment within 15 days prior to inclusion

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
tinea capitis	Dermoscopy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The presence of several hair with at least one dermoscopic appearance specific of tinea capitis	baseline	The presence of several hair with at least one dermoscopic appearance Specific of tinea capitis ( corkscrew hair , comma hairs, interrupted (Morse code-like) hairs, hair shafts covered by whitish sheaths, zig-zag shaped hairs) correlating with The growth of a dermatophyte in the fungal culture.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dermoscopic appearance (corkscrew hair, comma hairs, interrupted (Morse code-like) hairs, hair shafts covered by whitish sheaths, zig-zag shaped hairs) according to microscopic pathogenic species.	baseline
Concordance of dermoscopic appearance for each of the two operators.	baseline	Concordance between dermoscopic interpretation (corkscrew hair, comma hairs, interrupted (Morse code-like) hairs, hair shafts covered by whitish sheaths, zig-zag shaped hairs) of the dermatologist during the initial consultation and dermoscopic interpretation on the photographs by a blinded trained practitioner.
Introduction or not of a local or general presumptive treatment by the clinician while waiting for the result of the fungal culture.	baseline
Presence of a green fluorescence or not under the light of a Wood's lamp by comparing it with the result of the fungal culture.	baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

CHU Amiens; 🇫🇷 Amiens, Picardie, France

CHU Caen; 🇫🇷 Caen, France

CHRU Lille; 🇫🇷 Lille, France

CHU Rouen; 🇫🇷 Rouen, France