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Treatmant of Oral Lichen Planus With Lycopene

NCT00656214 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2008-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

the purpose of this study was to evaluate that if lycopene, a potent antioxidant can be used in the treatment of oral lichen planus. this could be useful as lycopene has no reported side effects and hence it can used in place of steroids which are commonly used for this condition and have many reported adverse effects.

lycopene can be used in the treatment of this condition as free radicals have been found to play a role in the cause of this disease and also lower levels of lycopene were seen in these patints.

Conditions

  • Lichen Planus, Oral

Interventions

DRUG

Lycopene

08 mg/day in two divided dosage

DRUG

Placebo

Two divided dosage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • College of Dental Sciences, India

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr MC Shashikanth, MDS · Professor & Head of Department, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka, India

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-12-31
Primary Completion
2006-05-31
Completion
2006-07-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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