Bimatoprost 0.03% Solution With NB-UVB Versus Their Use With Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in Treatment of Generalized Vitiligo

NCT03487042 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-04-03

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Summary

Vitiligo is a chronic disorder of pigmentation characterized by the development of white macules on the skin due to loss of epidermal melanocytes. It affects approximately 0.5%-2% of general population world-wide, without predilection for sex or race.Vitiligo can be classified into segmental or non-segmental. Non-segmental or generalized vitiligo is the most common clinical presentation and often involves the face and acral regions.

Multiple monotherapy modalities are established to treat vitiligo but the response is variable, unsatisfactory, and requiring a prolonged course. This problem is exaggerated by the multifactorial and polygenic nature of the pathomechanism of the disease. These facts pave the way to combination therapy that showed better and safe repigmentation response than monotherapy.

Conditions

  • Generalized Vitiligo

Interventions

DRUG

Bimatoprost 0.03% ophthalmic solution

Each patient will be subjected to the following: One side will be treated by narrow band ultraviolet rays B sessions twice weekly for 3 months + topical bimatoprost 0.03% solution twice daily ( 1 drop for each 2 cm2 ) and the other side will be treated by topical bimatoprost 0.03% twice daily ( 1 drop for each 2 cm2 ) + narrow band ultraviolet rays B sessions twice weekly for 3 months + 10.600-nm fractional carbon dioxide laser sessions twice monthly for 3 months. Patients' Evaluation: The recruited patients will be subjected to: A) Full history taking. B) General clinical examination. C) Dermatological examination of the skin lesions. D) Vitiligo area scoring index score will be calculated for each patient E) Clinical photographs will be taken at baseline, after each month during treatment and after the end of treatment by 3 months. F) A skin biopsy from the treated lesions for histochemical examination. F) Dermoscopic evaluation of the treated sites every 2 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-31
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

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