Health Condition 1: L700- Acne vulgaris
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized homoeopathic medicines in individualized dosage plus concomitant care: Administration of indicated individualized homoeopathic
medicines in centesimal potency. Each dose
potencies and repetition will be
depending upon the individual requirement of the cases. Patients will be advised to refrain from handling the globules or from eating , drinking, smoking , brushing t
Sponsors
D N De Homoeopathic Medical College And Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 10-39 years. 2. Patients of either sex and transgender. 3. Patients with acne vulgaris (ICD -11 code ED80.Z) with GAGS score (moderate, 19-30) form from 3 months or more. 4. History of typical variable skin symptoms: presence of comedones , papules ,pustules or nodules. 5. Patient having oily texture of the skin with prominent follicular openings. 6. Typical distribution of acne at face (nose, cheeks, forehead, etc.) trunk ,back and chest. 7. Patients able to understand English/Hindi/Bengali.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient having mild GAGS 1 to 19, severe GAGS 31 to 38, to very severe GAGS more than 39, forms of acne . 2. Patient using oil based cosmetics for long period. 3. Patient who are too sick for consultation. 4. Patient denying consent or assent voluntarily. 5. Vulnerable population including unconscious ,non ambulatory, terminally or critically ill patients, mentally incompetent people. 6. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life threatening illness affecting the quality of life or any organ failure. 7. Tobacco chewing or smoking, alcoholism or any other form of substance abuse or dependence. 8. Pregnant and puerperal women, lactating mothers. 9. Self reported immune compromised state. 10. Already undergoing homoeopathic treatment for chronic diseases other than acne within the last 1 month. 11. Simultaneous participation in any other clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Global Acne Grading Scale (GAGS)Timepoint: Baseline, and every month, up to 4 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Acne-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (Acne-QoL)Timepoint: Baseline , and every month, up to 4 months;Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile v.2 (MYMOP-2)Timepoint: Baseline , and every month, up to 4 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMd Sakhawat Hossain
D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Outcome results
None listed