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Observation on the Clinical Efficacy of LED Composite Light Therapy Combined with Antiviral Drugs in the Treatment of Herpes Zoster in Older Adults: A Multi-center Prospective Study

Observation on the Clinical Efficacy of LED Composite Light Therapy Combined with Antiviral Drugs in the Treatment of Herpes Zoster in Older Adults: A Multi-center Prospective Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2600117518
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2026-01-26
Start date
2024-08-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-02-02

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Conditions

Herpes zoster

Interventions

Combined Light Group:Compound light intervention
Red Light Group:Red light intervention

Sponsors

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.All eligible patients were diagnosed as herpes zoster by clinical diagnosis, with blisters, papules, erosions and ulcers in the skin lesions. The diagnostic criteria referred to the Second edition of Chinese Clinical Dermatology. 2.Patients with complete clinical data were >=60 years old; 3.Patients who have not used corticosteroids within 3 months; 4.No photosensitive disease or use of photosensitive drugs within 6 months; 5.Good compliance to complete treatment and follow-up;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with mental illness or critical illness, unable to effectively realize the reasonable expression of self-consciousness and effectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment; 2.Pregnant or lactating women; 3.Patients or their family members disagreed with the research content or could not meet the relevant needs of research data collection. 4.Photosensitive people and photointolerant people;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Time to blister cessation;Time to crusting;Time to crust shedding;Change in VAS score before and after treatment;Time to pain resolution;Time to pain relief;Incidence rate of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN);

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Change in C-reactive protein (CRP) level before and after treatment;Change in absolute count of CD8+ T lymphocytes before and after treatment;Clinical efficacy after treatment;Change in absolute count of CD4+ T lymphocytes before and after treatment;Change in neuron-specific enolase (NSE) level before and after treatment;Change in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) level before and after treatment;Occurrence of adverse events during treatment;Change in DLQI score before and after treatment;Change in CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocyte ratio before and after treatment;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactXianwei Cao

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

ndyfyygk@163.com+86 13870891199

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026