Effect Of Marham-e-Shiqaq In Treatment Of Cracked Heels - A Randomized Single Blind Clinical Trial

Efficacy of Marham-e-Shiqaq in Taqashshur-al-Qadmayn - A Randomized Single Blind Controlled Clinical Trial - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/01/079760

Enrollment

Registered

2025-01-29

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-03-03

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: L088- Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Interventions

Intervention1: Ointment: Marham-e-Shiqaq participants were instructed to wash off their feet properly with lukewarm water and 5 gm of Marham-e-Shiqaq will be applied on heels twice a day in the morni

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Known Subjects with symptoms of Xerosis of feet (dryness, itchy skin, hardness around the rim & cracks, or fissures on the outer edge of the heel). 2.Patients with age between 18-50 years. 3.All genders. 4.Known Subjects of DM.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Known Subjects with symptoms of Xerosis of feet (dryness, itchy skin, hardness around the rim & cracks, or fissures on the outer edge of the heel). 2.Patients with age between 18-50 years. 3.All genders. 4.Known Subjects of DM.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Specified Symptoms Sum Score ( for xerosis)Timepoint: 0th Day,7th Day,14th Day,21st Day	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Overall dry skin score (ODs)Timepoint: 0th Day,7th Day,14th Day, 21st Day	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactProf Mohd Aleemuddin Quamri

National Institute Of Unani Medicine

drmaquamri@gmail.com9341072974

Outcome results

None listed

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