Effect of Vitamin E on Skin Aerobic Bacteria in Palmar Arsenical Keratosis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will be conducted to observe any change in aerobic bacterial pattern on the skin of arsenicosis patients before and after administration of vitamin E (200 IU) capsules.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Treatments: alpha-Tocopherol; Tocopherols; Tocotrienols; Vitamin E; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria (Patients):

• History of drinking arsenic contaminated water (>50 µg/L) for more than 6 months

• Patients having moderate palmar keratosis

• Patients those voluntarily agree to participate

Inclusion Criteria (Arsenic exposed controls):

• Family members of the patient

• History of drinking arsenic contaminated water (>50 µg/L)

• Those voluntarily agree to participate

• No sign/symptoms of palmar keratosis

Inclusion Criteria (Healthy volunteers):

• Drinking arsenic safe water (<50 µg/L)

• Those voluntarily agree to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant and lactating mother

• Any other chronic disease like tuberculosis, diabetes, asthma

• Patients under treatment of arsenicosis