Active clinical trials for "Keratosis"

Background Limited in the depth of absorption and penetration of photosensitizers, ALA-PDT treatment is not strong enough for thickening significantly AK lesions. Pre-study has proved that plum-blossom needling facilitates delivery of topical ALA into the dermis. It could help ALA to diffuse a little more broadly in superficial dermis and obtain similar clinical effect with a much lower cost. Objective We sought to investigate whether plum-blossom needling (PBN) would enhance the efficacy of ALA-PDT for AKs. Methods Two hundred and fifty patients, previously diagnosed as having AKs of the face and scalp, were randomized distribution into two groups. The PBN-ALA-PDT group underwent vertical skin tapping with PBN before applying 10% ALA cream and narrow-band light-emitting diode (LED) irradiation (mean 633 nm, with a standard deviation [SD] of 10 nm; 100-200 J/cm2). The ALA-PDT group received ALA cream and irradiation only. During the next 1 year period of follow up, patients were clinically evaluated for new AKs.

It had been found in certain studies that there is an alteration of normal skin flora in patients with arsenical keratosis. The relationship between such altered skin flora and development of keratosis in arsenicosis is not established or explored.There is no such study where effects of antimicrobials have been evaluated as the treatment of arsenical keratosis. So the present study is designed to see the effects of antimicrobials on the altered skin flora (Enterobacter and Aspergillus) in patients with palmar arsenical keratosis.

The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate if the DermaSense prototype EIS scanner can provide medical decision support which can complement dermoscopy-based identification of the disease at time of biopsy decision.

Arsenic is one of the largest mass poisonings in Bangladesh. Arsenic keratosis of the palm and sole is a common feature of arsenicosis. Brinjal or eggplant ubiquitous vegetable found in different parts of the world, including Bangladesh, scientifically known as Solanum melongena. A study showed ointment containing crude extract of Solanum melongena peel origin is effective in arsenic keratosis. Solasodine is one of the active compounds of Solanum melongena peel. In the current study, an ointment containing a single compound solasodine isolated from Solanum melongena peel . The ointment made from solasodine extract was distributed among arsenic keratosis patients to see the effect.

The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy, safety, and patient satisfaction of pretreatment with Picato® gel 4 days prior to methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy (MAL PDT). Patients diagnosed with actinic keratosis who are eligible to receive topical treatment with ingenol mebutate (Picato®) and photodynamic therapy will act both as the test group and the control group. Each patient will have four distinct treatment areas of 25cm2 on the scalp, and/or scalp and face. Three of the treatment areas will receive Picato® 0.015% gel, MAL PDT, or Picato® 0.015% and MAL PDT combined. One area will serve as a control and will receive none of the treatments.

This study is being done to compare a new, continuous illumination and short Incubation time regimen of aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy#ALA-PDT) to a conventional regimen for treatment of Actinic Keratosis. The hypothesis is that the continuous illumination approach will be less or even no painful, but equally efficacious, as the old regimen.

Twenty patients with multiple actinic keratosis on the face will be enrolled in the study and will be treated with Daylight Photodynamic therapy. Before and after skin biopsies will be performed, for histological and immunohistochemical analysis.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the validity and utility of a tele-dermatology system in the midterm periodic screening of non-widespread skin lesions of recent onset or for which a specialized early classification is deemed to change the prognosis - including precancerous skin lesions as well as melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers - compared to control visits at fixed follow-up.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of two techniques to monitor the clearance of AK lesions when treated with Aldara 5% cream.

This proposal describes a pilot study to gather preliminary evidence of efficacy, tolerability and toxicity of oral PLE among a high-risk skin cancer population for the prevention of Actinic keratosis (AKs) and keratinocytes (KCs) to gain insight into optimal methods for recruitment, intervention development, data collection, and promoting protocol adherence prior to conducting a fully powered trial. The primary clinical outcome is AKs as measured by a clinical dermatologist, with skin cancer as a secondary clinical outcome. The investigators will also assess histologic markers of Ultra Violet (UV) damage, which have previously been shown to be reduced with oral PLE use in human studies, namely formation of UV-induced cyclo pyrimidine dimer positive cells and number of sunburn cells among epidermal keratinocytes. Results generated from this proposal will form the foundation of a fully powered clinical trial of the effect of PLE on the risk of AKs and KCs. The results may also provide information about this promising dietary supplement which may provide extra protection for a high-risk skin cancer population.