Plantar Wart
Conditions
Brief summary
Warts are common skin infections caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause a variety of skin presentations according to its type, site and the immune status .Nongenital warts may be presented as common, plane, plantar, filiform, or mucosal warts .Most people are affected by cutaneous warts, either plantar warts or common warts .prevalence of skin warts is between 3% and 13% and plantar warts are about 30% of skin warts in western world .Majority of cases occur in adolescent and young adults
Interventions
DRUGcombined digoxin and furosemide
one session every 2 weeks for maximum 6 sessions
DRUG5 fluorouracil
5 fluorouracil mixed with1ml of 2% lignocaine and epinephrine one session every 2 weeks for maximum 6 sessions .
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age:\>18 years . * Sex: both males and females will be included. * Confirmed diagnosis by clinical and dermoscopic examination of plantar warts will be made
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with history or evidenced hypersensitivity to any component used in this study. * Pregnancy & lactating. * Patients who receive immune suppressive therapy. * Patients who receive any wart treatment during the last 2 months before enrollment in the study. * Patients with systemic illness especially cardiac patients. * Patients who refused participation in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| the change in size of plantar wart | 3 month | measurement the change in size of plantar wart |
| the change in number of plantar warts | 3 month | measurement the change in number of plantar warts |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary Contactsamah R Ahmed, resident
Backup ContactEssam A Nada
Outcome results
None listed