NCT01915355

Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Onychomycosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research is to investigate the use of the Candela V-beam Pulsed Dye Laser for the treatment of onychomycosis, or nail fungus. Hypothesis: Complete nail clearance will occur in approximately half of patients after 3 laser treatments.

Detailed description

10 patients will participate nationally. The investigators hope to enroll all 10 patients at Jefferson. Involvement in the study will last about 8-12 weeks for the subject. The entire study will take about 12 months to complete.

Conditions

• Onychomycosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Pulsed Dye Laser for the treatment of nail fungus	The purpose of this research is to investigate the use of the Candela V-beam Pulsed Dye Laser for the treatment of onychomycosis, a common nail fungus.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2013-08-02
• Last updated: 2016-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States