Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
oral dexamethasone minipulse steroid will be given and skin and blood samples will be collected
skin and blood sample will be collected
Sponsors
cairo university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ?-? Patients with non-segmental vitiligo.? ?-? Age above 18 years.?
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ?-? Patients with segmental vitiligo.? ?-? Patients who received treatment in the past 3 months. ? ?-? Patients with absolute contraindications for systemic steroid therapy.? ?-? Patients with active neurological disease.?
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Verifying the relation between S100B, CXCL9 and vitiligo activity in patients with ?non-segmental vitiligo and their possible use as diagnostic and prognostic markers ?of disease activity.? | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Detection the effect of steroid minipulse therapy on S100B and CXCL9 ?levels in active non-segmental vitiligo.? • Detection of a possible relation between the change in S100B and CXCL9 ?levels and subsidence of vitiligo activity.? | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public Contactkholoud helmy
assisstant lecturer of dermatology faculty of medicine cairo university
Outcome results
None listed