Health Condition 1: K90-K95- Other diseases of the digestive system Health Condition 2: K928- Other specified diseases of the digestive system
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients of either sex aged 18-60 years. 2. Patients with chronic anal fissure greater than 6 weeks of duration. 3. Willing to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with co-morbidities such as fistula in ano, haemorrhoids, perianal abscess, clinically evident fecal incontinence, anal stenosis/fibrosis 2. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease, tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, anemia, malnourishment caused by systemic diseases, malignancy, HIV, STDs, hepatitis B 3. Patients with uncontrolled hypertension, clinically significant renal disease, hepatic disease, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric disease 4. Fissure associated with abscess, drug-induced fissure or fissure resulting from external trauma 5. Fissure located at lateral locations and multiple fissures 6. Patients on medications hampering wound healing (corticosteroids, NSAIDs, anti-convulsants, anticoagulants, immunosuppressive agents etc.) 7. Patients using oral calcium channel blockers 8. Patients with frequent h/o headache 9. Active substance abuse 10. Known hypersensitivity to either of the trial interventions 11. Pregnant and lactating women 12.Patients who have been using either of the trial interventions prior to 30 days of randomization
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of participants having complete healing of the chronic anal fissureTimepoint: 30 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of adverse events during the study periodTimepoint: 30 days;Pain during defecationTimepoint: day 8, 15, 22, 30;Proportion of participants having complete healing of the chronic anal fissureTimepoint: after one week ;Recurrence of anal fissure after complete healingTimepoint: day 60, day 90 and day 180;Time to cessation of bleedingTimepoint: day 8, 15, 22 & 30 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
CARI