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Salivary Iron Level in Oral Lichen Planus Patients Undergoing Topical Corticosteroid Therapy

Completed
Conditions
OLP patients undergoing topical corticosteroid therapy
oral lichen planus, topical corticosteroid, salivary iron, oral candidiasis
Registration Number
TCTR20220602006
Lead Sponsor
Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
102
Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy volunteers and OLP patients
2. OLP lesions with score 2, 3, 4 or 5 according to Thongprasom score
3. OLP lesions treated with 0.1%FAO for at least 1 month
4. OLP lesions with history of oral candidiasis reported from both
clinical appearance and laboratory report
5. No oral candidiasis on saliva collected date
6. No other autoimmune disease or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus,
hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism and hypoadrenocorticism or
medical conditions predisposing to oral candidiasis
7. No hematologic diseases
8. No history of blood donation or major blood loss for 4 months
before participate in the study
9. No severe periodontal disease
10. No wearing removable denture
11. No history of antifungal therapy for 2 weeks before participate in
the study
12. No taking iron supplement for 2 months before participate in the
study
13. No taking other systemic or local immunosuppressants
14. No smoking for 1 month before participate in the study
15. No menstruation on saliva collected date

Exclusion Criteria

1. Hyposalivation
2. Withdraw from the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
salivary iron level 2 weeks after last subject ppm
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
colony count of Candida in saliva 1 week after each subject logCFU/ml
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