Overview

Efficacy of Combined Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser and Topical Tazarotene in the Treatment of Psoriatic Nail Disease

Status:
Unknown status

Trial end date:
2018-11-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

Nail psoriasis has a high incidence amongst patients with psoriasis.It is estimated to affect 80% of psoriatic patients at some time during their lives and has a significant adverse influence on their quality of life. Treatment of nail psoriasis is disappointing, as it is refractory to treatment, with conventional therapies often having little effect.

Phase:

Phase 4

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Assiut University

Treatments:

Nicotinic Acids
Tazarotene

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Thirty patients with bilateral fingernail psoriasis will be recruited from the
Dermatology Outpatient Clinic, Assiut University Hospital.

2. The diagnosis will be based upon the clinical characteristics of nail psoriasis.

3. Patients will be included after they have stopped any systemic therapy for at least 8
weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

1. pregnant or lactating woman

2. patients with history of photosensitivity.

3. Patients who discontinued or just started to receive new systemic therapy or
phototherapy during the study period will be dropped from the study.