Health Condition 1: L638- Other alopecia areata
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Excimer lamp 308 nm: The patch allocated to treatment intervention will receivesessions of excimer lamp twice a week. The dosage of excimer lamp will be determined based on Minimal Ery
Sponsors
Topiwala National medical college and BYL Nair charitable hospital Mumbai
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patient with a diagnosis of patch type of alopecia areata Patient with at least 2 to maximum 5 patches of alopecia areata with a maximum difference of 1 cm in the largest dimension of the largest two patches. Size of the patches between 2 cm to 3.5 cm at largest diameter (arbitrarily decided based on the size of the stencil available with the lamp) Duration of lesions less than 6 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient with a history of existing skin diseases affecting the scalp such as psoriasis and patient with evidence of infection in treated area Pregnant and lactating women Inactive late stage History of photosensitive dermatoses Sisaipho, ophiasis pattern of hair loss Patients who have received topical immunosuppresants/ immunomodulators like topical steroid, tacrolimus, calcipotriol,etc or topical irritants like salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide,anthralin, tretinoin etcin last 2 weeks Patients who have received systemic immunosuppresants/ immunomodulatorslike methotrexate, cyclosporine, oral steroids, azathioprine, etcin last 6 weeks Patients who have received interventional treatment in last 1 month (ablative or nonablative laser, excimer laser etc) Patients who have received topical immunotherapy with contact allergens in last 1 month
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Study outcome measures will be CLINICAL- A. Presence of positive or negative alopecia areata hair pull test B. Presence or absence of short regrowing hair as evident clinically C. 4-point scale for person hair growth by independent assessor D. Surface area of alopecic patch TRICOSCOPIC A. Yellow dots B. Black dot C. Broken hair D. Tapering hair (exclamation mark hair) E. Coudability hair F. Short vellus hair G. Pigtail hair H. Pohl-pinkus constrictions I. ‘I’ hairTimepoint: Outcome measures will be measured at baseline, then at 4,8,12 and 16 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NilTimepoint: Nil | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactAtul Dongre
Topiwala National medical college, Mumbai
Outcome results
None listed