A study to establish whether a combination of surgery and radiation is effective in preventing recurrence of keloids
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: L989- Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/07/020193
- Lead Sponsor
- MMC RGGGH Chennai
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients presenting with keloid in any area of the body except joints.
2. Post surgical excision scar of keloid of more than or equal to 2cm in longest dimension.
3. Patients who are willing to be included in our study, who will accept the likely complications of irradiation after thorough counselling. The likely complications within the desired dosage of which are :
I.Erythema, edema, desquamation, ulceration of skin.
II.Pigmentary changes(hypo- or hyperpigmentation), atrophy,alopecia,telangiectasias and necrosis of skin.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unwilling patients.
2. Pregnant females and lactating mothers
3. Patients with medical conditions contraindicated to receive irradiation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RECURRENCE RATETimepoint: june 2019
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method age <br/ ><br>skin typeTimepoint: 18 months