NCT02520986

Carbon Dioxide Laser vs. Electrocoagulation for the Therapy of Condyloma

Carbon Dioxide Laser Ablation Versus Electrocoagulation - a Prospective, Randomized Multicenter Trial Comparing Two Surgical Treatments in Women Undergoing Therapy for Condyloma Acuminata

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 114 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Zydolab - Institute of Cytology and Immune Cytochemistry · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In a randomized clinical trial of 114 women undergoing Treatment for condyloma acuminata, two surgical methods, the carbon dioxide laser Ablation and the excision by electrocoagulation, will be compared. The primary outcome of the study is the cosmetic result judged by the Patient 6 weeks after Treatment using a 11-step visual analogue scale (VAS), secondary outcomes are intervention time, operative complications, subjects and users satisfaction, postoperative pain and recurrence of genital warts.

Conditions

• Condylomata Acuminata

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Carbon dioxide Laser ablation	surgical Instrument to achieve excision of genital warts by a pulsed laser of 15 Watt voltage
DEVICE	Electrocoagulation	surgical Instrument to achieve excision of genital warts by a deep tissue electrocoagulation of 80 Watt voltage

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2015-08-13
• Last updated: 2025-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany