Active clinical trials for "Keratosis"

Determine the recurrence rate of actinic keratosis (AK) lesions in patients with complete clinical clearance at the end of the previous trial SP848-AK-1101 at 6 and 12 months of follow-up.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether photodynamic therapy or CO2 laser therapy is superior in the treatment of actinic keratoses with respect to efficacy and side effects.

A multi-centre randomised controled single blind clinical phase IV trial with the aim to determine the most effective treatment in terms of lesion reduction, costs and patient satisfaction in treatment of actinic keratosis (AK), when comparing topical treatment with photodynamic therapy (PDT), 5% 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) cream, 5% Imiquimod (IMI) cream and ingenol mebutate (IM) gel.

To explore the pharmacodynamics and evaluate safety, tolerability and clinical efficacy of ICVT comprised of digoxin and furosemide (dual agent), digoxin (single agent), furosemide (single agent) in patients with AK.

Prepare an ointment from Nigella sativa seeds extract and apply it over palmer arsenical keratosis patient for 12 weeks. After than the effect of the ointment will be observed by measuring the keratotic nodular size before and after the intervention.

Musculoskeletal deformities of the foot and abnormal biomechanics can create areas of high pressure over bony prominences on the plantar aspect of the foot and often lead to the formation of calluses and corns. Calluses and corns are reported to be the most prevalent foot conditions affecting peoples' lifestyles due to pain and disability. Redistribution of plantar pressure away from areas of high pressure offloading using felt pads to treat corns and calluses is a common practice in chiropody. A more comprehensive understanding of how rapidly the felt pads compress and become less effective in offloading pressure is needed to design better treatment plans to manage calluses and corns and improve patients' quality of life. The objectives of this study are: 1) develop a guideline which informs, at what duration (number of weeks) the semi compressed felt (SCF) Plantar Metatarsal Pad (PMP) should be replaced to manage plantar forefoot callus; 2) Test the guideline by replacing the SCF padding at the determined time interval. The study will be conducted at the Michener Chiropody Clinic at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN. In order to address patient selection bias, the investigators will be recruiting the first 25-40 participants presenting with forefoot callus who meet the inclusion criteria and consent to participate in the study. An exploratory, descriptive and analytic repeated measures study design will be used to address our research questions. The descriptive approach will provide insight into the nature of change over time in the dependent variables, pain and pressure, and an analytic approach will enable further insight into the relationship between those variables. The quantitative metrics used are average plantar pressure at the callus site, as well as self-reported pain using a Visual-Analog Scale (VAS). Results from the first phase will inform the development of the guideline for pad replacement, which in turn will be tested in the next phase of the study.

This study focus on the efficacity of tumescent anesthesia in pain management during a photodynamic therapy on the vertex for treatment of actinic keratosis. To do this we carried out a prospective, randomized, controlled, open-ended study. Our aim is to show a 40% reduction in pain during photodynamic therapy session compared to a conventionally used analgesic method (paracetamol + cold water)

Arsenicosis is a major health problem in Bangladesh. Long term exposure of arsenic causes keratosis of palm which reduce working capacity of patient. It also causes invasive skin lesions like Bowen's disease which has a risk to develop squamous cell carcinoma. Brinjal peel is well known for its antioxidant and anticancer properties. So this study will be conducted to identify the compound from brinjal peel extract and to see its outcome on keratosis and Bowen's disease.

Photodynamic therapy technique (PDT) is a conventional technique which is performed applying the product under occlusion lesions, let it incubate for 3 hours and then exposed skin to a light source, usually red. The conclusions of efficacy, tolerance and satisfaction that today are known about PDT with MAL, but not with ALA, which is a new photosensitizer indicated for Actinic Keratoses. The pharmaceutical form of ALA is a gel, which gives a hypothetical better penetration and consequently it is more effectively.

This study is to verify the efficacy of tobacco cessation in patients with oral diseases; periodontitis, dental implant and oral mucosal diseases by a multicenter prospective trial. Tobacco cessation intervention is implemented for 12 weeks. During the tobacco cessation intervention for the subjects, attending doctors implement standard treatments for their oral diseases. Improvement of each disease is evaluated between smoking cessation intervention group and non-cessation intervention group.