Treatment of fungal infection of nail with LASER and its comparison with oral antifungal Itraconazole
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- OnychomycosisHealth Condition 2: L608- Other nail disorders
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/02/012060
- Lead Sponsor
- Command hospital Air Force Bangalore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Males and females over the age of 18 years
2.Patient with one or more toenail and/or fingernail fungal infections of the following types: distal subungual onychomycosis, proximal subungual onychomycosis, superficial white or black onychomycosis, mixed patterns or total dystrophic type onychomycosis.
3.Confirm diagnosis using fungal culture and direct microscopy.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Fungal culture negative or no evidence on direct microscopy.
2.Those patients who used systemic or topical antifungal in the past three months.
3.Conditions like bacterial infections, subungual hematoma, associated nail disorders which produce changes in the nail plate like psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, lichen planus.
4.Pregnant women.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in Onychomycosis Severity Index or complete clearanceTimepoint: 6 MONTHS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in Onychomycosis Severity Index or complete clearanceTimepoint: AT 3, 4 AND 5 MONTHS