NCT01666002

Treatment of Onychomycosis Using a 0.65 Millisecond Pulsed Nd:YAG 1064 nm Laser

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators would like to test the treatment of onychomycosis using a 0.65 millisecond pulsed 1064 nm laser fitted with a special onychomycosis handpiece. The investigators will compare the success rates of those receiving laser treatments with untreated patients. This study will provide a clinical basis for determining the relative effectiveness of an increasingly utilized treatment method.

Detailed description

Current antifungal treatments have low cure rates and numerous side effects. A new treatment method, pulsed laser, has been purported to have high rates of treatment in a much shorter time frame than other treatments. While the treatment method has become increasingly popular, studies of its efficacy are few. The investigators hope to learn the cure rate of a novel treatment that is being used by more and more patients. This knowledge will be essential to physicians as they consider employing this new technology in their treatment methods.

Conditions

• Onychomycosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Laser Treatment (Pulsed Nd:YAG 1064 nm Laser)	0.65 Millisecond Pulsed Nd:YAG 1064 nm Laser

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2012-08-16
• Last updated: 2016-05-30
• Results posted: 2016-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States