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Light Treatment for Scleroderma Finger Ulcers

NCT02472743 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2016-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Digital (finger) ulcers are common in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and causes much pain and affects how patients use their hands. Our current treatments for digital ulcers are often not effective and have may have significant side effects (because they increase blood flow to the ulcer to try and help healing).

Light-based treatment has been successfully used to treat chronic diabetic, pressure and venous ulcers. The investigators wish to investigate whether light-based treatment is a safe and effective treatment for digital ulcers in patients with SSc.

Conditions

  • Scleroderma, Systemic
  • Ulcer

Interventions

DEVICE

Custom-built phototherapy lamp

Described in the arm description

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manchester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Hughes, MSc MRCP · The University of Manchester

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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