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Paraffin Bath Therapy for Chronic Hand Eczema

NCT04510961 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-08-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objective: Chronic Hand eczema (CHE) is a common inflammatory skin disease has a major medical psychological and socio-economic implications that affect quality of life (QoL)and work ability. This study, the first randomized controlled trial that will be conducted to evaluate the effect of paraffin bath therapy (PBT) in the treatment of CHE.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Paraffin baths therapy

Patients in treatment group will receive paraffin wax baths for five days per week for 12 weeks. Prepare the paraffin device and blocks of paraffin wax. Put the paraffin wax blocks inside the tank and set the thermostat 35 to 40◦C. Melting paraffin was taken from 90 to 120 minutes. Adjust the suitable temperature for each patient before immersion of patient's hand. Submerge patient's hand completely for three to four seconds then withdraw it

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-10
Primary Completion
2019-11-12
Completion
2020-01-25

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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