Active clinical trials for "Skin Diseases"

In France, there is usually a long delay (approximately 6 weeks) before a general practitioner can obtain a specialized advice by dermatologists for diagnosis of "unusual" dermatologic conditions of their patients. Previous studies have shown that teledermatology is a reliable way for diagnosis in dermatology. We hypothesize that a teledermatology advice could reduce delay before diagnosis and therefore treatment for patients.

In this study, the investigators will enroll patients who present to the emergency department with abscesses to the study. The patients will be randomly selected to either have the standard of care, which includes the standard drainage of the abscess and then usually a follow-up visit to recheck the wound, or to have the standard of care plus instructions to use a topical scrub of a soap called chlorhexidine once a day for five days and twice daily application of a topical antibiotic ointment called mupirocin to the nasal passages for five days. The investigators will then call back the patients at 7 days, 14 days (if in the treatment arm), 3 months and 6 months, to ask if they have had any recurrence of abscess formation. The study hypothesis is that the patients who have undergone the decontamination protocol will have fewer subsequent infections.

The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in accumulation of AGEs (advanced glycation end-products) in the tissues of individuals who smoke in comparison with individuals who do not as well as of individuals who consume caffeine versus those who do not, and finally to examine the probable differences concerning participants' haemodynamic parameters.

The study is to assess skin attributes of female subjects following 16 weeks of dietary supplement consumption.

This study aims to establish a novel approach assisting the rational development of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. In a first step we will test in healthy human volunteers whether proteins mediating inflammation and pain can be detected in an experimentally induced inflammatory skin lesion. Fluids that will be used to detect such proteins will be collected from the inflamed skin site via small porous catheters. We wish to establish the expression pattern of different proteins and correlate it with various tests assessing pain.

Predictors for pulmonary mortality was determined in a cohort of 79 patients with acute-GVHD of the skin. The acute-GVHD treatment was corticosteroids and photochemotherapy (Photosensitization with oral 8-methoxysalen and Ultraviolet light type A) with or without concomitant methotrexate.

To assess incidence of adverse drug reactions and use pattern of topical steroids among patients who are prescribed or purchase over the counter (OTC) topical steroids for skin conditions in Korea

Health care providers use a variety of computerized medical information sources to reduce knowledge gaps and support patient care decisions. Few studies have evaluated the impact of medical information sources on patient outcomes. Skin problems are the reason for many visits to primary care providers and result in a high percentage of referrals to dermatologists and return visits to primary care for the same skin problem. The objective is to evaluate the impact of primary care providers' use of a dermatology information source, VisualDx, on skin problems outcomes. The study design is a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Participants include primary care providers as clusters and their patients with skin problems. Providers are randomized to intervention group that refers to VisualDx when seeing a patient with a skin problem, or to the control group who does not. Patients have the randomized group status of the doctor they saw for the problem. Patients are interviewed to determine the problem status and how many follow-up visits they had for the problem at intervals after the index visit.

To assess Chenopodium Formosanum and Fagopyrum Esculentum Extract on skin anti-aging

PEKMB was first named and described by Lortat-Jacob & Civatte in 1961 and by Bart & Kopf later. This rare condition is mostly reported in elderly males. The keratotic scales is usually micaceous and resembles psoriasis. Most patients are above 50 years of age and are circumcised later in life, but also reported in younger age group. This mica like scales contains keratin which gets dissolved in 10% potassium hydroxide solution. Disease progression may lead to phimosis. Differential diagnosis of this disease entity include moniliasis, wart, psoriasis ,penile horn, circinate balanitis, erythroplasia of Queyrat, squamous cell epithelioma and verrucous carcinoma. It is primarily a benign entity, it is capable of invasiveness. Bart and Kopf considered it to be in intermediate stage between benign hyperplasia and squamous cell carcinoma. However, the histological spectrum can range from hypertrophic-hyperplastic penile dystrophy to verrucous carcinoma. Fibro sarcoma has been reported developing in a same patient. Etiology is unclear. Despite search for a viral agent, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) has not been demonstrated and its role in pathogenesis or its transformation to verrucous carcinoma has been proved. The treatment of PEKMB should be conservative when there is no histological evidence of malignancy. All such patients should be followed up. Treatment choices include potent topical steroids, topical 5% 5-flurouracil cream1, 2, cryotherapy, radiotherapy and shaving biopsy plus electro coagulation. When frank malignancy is observed, excision with wide margin is the rule.