NCT01808443

Efficacy of Laser Versus Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Warts

Cryotherapy Versus Laser for the Treatment of Nongenital Cutaneous Warts: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: The 306 Hospital of People's Liberation Army · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of laser versus cryotherapy on the treatment of warts

Detailed description

Cutaneous warts were a common skin diseases caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. Although warts may spontaneously resolve, many patients seek for treatment for various reasons. There are many kinds of treatments for cutaneous warts, including salicylic acid, cryotherapy, laser, etc. A recent high quality RCT confirmed that the cure rate of topical salicylic acid and frozen has no difference at six months, but the efficacy of laser versus cryotherapy on the treatment of warts remains unclear. Therefore, we designed a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of laser versus cryotherapy on the treatment of warts.

Conditions

• Warts

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cryotherapy	up to a maximum of four treatments every 21-28 days
OTHER	laser	up to a maximum of four treatments every 21-28 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2013-03-11
• Last updated: 2019-11-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China