Oral Lichen Planus
Conditions
Brief summary
Thirty patients will be recruited from the outpatient clinic of the faculty of dentistry.fifteen systemically healthy individuals with normal mucosa and fifteen atrophic/erosive oral lichen planus patients. Oral lichen planus patients will be treated with a topical steroid and miR-155 and IL-10 will be assessed in saliva before and after 4 weeks of topical steroids use
Interventions
treatment of OLP with topical steroid
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients clinically and histopathologically diagnosed as having atrophic/erosive OLP. * Patients free from any other oral lesions * cooperative patients who agrees to take the supplied medications. * Patients who are systemically healthy
Exclusion criteria
* Patients suffering from any systemic disease. * Treatment with any systemic treatment such as systemic steroids, other immunosuppressive drugs or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at least eight weeks. * Treatment with any oral topical medications for at least four weeks prior to the study. * Pregnant and lactating women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement of salivary levels of miR-155 in OLP before treatment | baseline | assessment of miR-155 in saliva of patients with OLP before treatment |
| Measurement of salivary levels of IL-10 in OLP before treatment | baseline | assessment of IL-10 in saliva of patients with OLP before treatment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement of salivary levels of miR-155 in OLP after treatment | 4 weeks | assessment of miR-155 in saliva of patients with OLP after treatment |
| Measurement of salivary levels of IL-10 in OLP after treatment | 4 weeks | assessment of IL-10 in saliva of patients with OLP after treatment |
Countries
Egypt