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Trial to study findings in skin changes due to leprosy, remaining after completion of treatment in leprosy patients

A prospective observational study to assess clinical,histopathological and bacteriological findings in treated cases of leprosy with persistent skin lesions after completing 6 months of paucibacillary and 12 months of multibacillary Multidrug therapy

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/11/028927
Enrollment
50
Registered
2020-11-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: A305- Lepromatous leprosy

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

none
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients of either gender with age >18 years. 2.Leprosy patients with persistent skin lesions ,those who didnâ??t show desired response in terms of no change in skin lesions or still showing signs of disease activity in terms of infiltrated lesions or occurrence of new lesions, after completing 6 months of paucibacillary and 12 months of multibacillary MDT. 3.Patients who can give valid consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with lepra reaction. 2.Those who are not willing to provide consent for the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To observe the clinical,Slit skin smear findings, Histopathological findings in treated cases of leprosy with persistent skin lesions after completion of 6 months of paucibacillary and 12 months of multibacillary WHO Multidrug therapy.Timepoint: Baseline—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the frequency of drug resistance in these patientsTimepoint: Baseline—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMEENAKSHI PATIAL

PGIMER,Chandigarh

narangtarun@yahoo.co.in9316063166

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026