NCT01720056

Verapamil vs Steroid to Prevent Keloid Recurrence

Assessment of Verapamil as an Adjunct for Prevention of Keloid Recurrence After Surgical Removal

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Western Australia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Keloid scarring is a severe cosmetic and painful disease of the skin. The gold standard treatment is yet to be clarified. This randomized clinical pilot study will compare the effects of two local treatments for preventing keloid recurrence after surgical removal; steroid and verapamil. Study hypothesis: Intralesional therapy with the calcium antagonist verapamil has equal treatment efficacy as steroid injection.

Conditions

• Keloid Scars

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Verapamil
DRUG	Kenalog 10

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-03-01
• First posted: 2012-11-01
• Last updated: 2015-06-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia