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The efficacy of Duct Tape versus placebo in the treatment of verruca vulgaris (warts) in primary school children.

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Ethical review
Positive opinion
Status
Recruitment stopped
Health condition type
-
Study type
Interventional

ID

NL-OMON26698

Source

Nationaal Trial Register

Brief title

N/A

Health condition

Verruca vulgaris.

Intervention

Outcome measures

Primary outcome

Dissappearance of the treated wart.

Secondary outcome

Disappearance of other warts and diameter reduction of the treated wart and surrounding warts.

Background summary

N/A

Study objective

Duct Tape has a higher efficacy in comparison with a placebo in the treatment of verruca vulgaris.

Study design

N/A

Intervention

1. Duct Tape sticked on the wart for seven days a weak and one night of, for the period of six weeks;

2. Placebo (a protection ring for clavi) sticked around the wart one night a week, for the period of six weeks.

Public
University Maastricht (UM), CAPHRI Research Institute,
P.O.Box 616
M.G. Spigt
Maastricht 6200 MD
The Netherlands
+31 (0)43 3882309
m.spigt@hag.unimaas.nl
Scientific
University Maastricht (UM), CAPHRI Research Institute,
P.O.Box 616
M.G. Spigt
Maastricht 6200 MD
The Netherlands
+31 (0)43 3882309
m.spigt@hag.unimaas.nl

Inclusion criteria

Children between 4-12 years with verruca vulgaris.

Exclusion criteria

1. Immune suppression;

2. plasterallergy;

3. skin diseases in the surrounding of the wart;

4. warts in the face or anogenital region.

Design

Study type :
Interventional
Intervention model
:
Parallel
Allocation :
Randomized controlled trial
Masking :
Single blinded (masking used)
Control :
Placebo

Recruitment

NL
Recruitment status
:
Recruitment stopped
Start date (anticipated) :
Enrollment :
103
Type :
Actual

Positive opinion
Date :
Application type :
First submission

Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration

No registrations found.

Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register

No registrations found.

In other registers

Register ID
NTR-new NL426
NTR-old NTR466
Other : N/A
ISRCTN ISRCTN53967397

Summary results

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006 Nov;160(11):1121-5.