Health Condition 1: L400- Psoriasis vulgaris
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Excimer lamp 308nm: one plaque will be treated with twice weekly sessions
of excimer lamp & rest plaques of psoriasis will be treated once a day with topical steroid clobetasol propiona
Sponsors
Shreedha Anandrao Khatavkar
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age more than 18 years less than 60 years Patient with stable, mild to moderate plaque type psoriasis vulgaris. Patient with less than 10% body surface area of chronic plaque psoriasis. Size of the plaques between 2 cm to 3.5 cm at largest diameter (arbitrarily decided based on the size of the stencil available with the lamp).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient with evidence of infection in treating area. Patients with recurrent herpes infection. Patient who had received or had completed systemic treatment within past 8 weeks. Patient who had received any other form of phototherapy within past 4 weeks or used topical treatments within the past 2 weeks. Patient who had history of nonresponse to UVB phototherapy, koebnerization. Patients with palmoplantar psoriasis. Pregnant and lactating women. Not capable of following at twice weekly interval. More extensive body surface involvement. History of photosensitive dermatoses.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Study outcome measures will be 1. Presence or absence of thinning of plaques 2.Flattening, tanning or reduction of scales 3. Positive or negative Auspitz sign 4. Clinical evaluation based on modified local PASI score will be performed at baseline, 4 weeks, 8weeks, 12weeks compared on both sides i.e. side which is treated with excimer lamp 308nm with topical clobetasol propionate 0.05% Timepoint: Outcome will be assessed at baseline, 4weeks, 8weeks, 12weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NATimepoint: NA | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Chitra Nayak
Topiwala national medical college and BYL Nair charitable hospital
Outcome results
None listed