Combined Microneedling and Topical Pentoxifylline Vesrus Intalesional Pentoxifylline in Treatment of Alopecia Areata: Intra-indiviual Comparative Study

Sohag University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Alopecia Areata

Treatments

Drug: Pentoxifylline

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05502952

Soh-Med-22-07-24

Details and patient eligibility

About

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune disease that targets hair follicles with a prevalence of approximately 0.1% and a lifetime incidence of approximately 1.7%. AA is the third most prevalent nonscarring hair loss disease. Pentoxifylline (PTX) is a non-selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterases, which moderates the intracellular levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate and cyclic guanosine monophosphate by decreasing their hydrolysis and augmenting cyclic nucleotide-dependent signal transduction which leads to a wide spectrum of effects on the inflammation. PTX has anti inflammatory effects by inhibiting the pro-inflammatory cytokines (eg, IL-1, IL-6, and IL-8).Intralesional therapy has a number of advantages over topical therapy, including a faster and longer duration of action, penetration that is deeper than topical therapy, removal of the need for long-term topical medication, and improved patient compliance.The effect of microneedling for treatment of AA is supposed to stimulate the dermal papilla and stem cells by mechanical trauma and increasing the blood supply to the hair follicles.

Enrollment

50 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients over the age of 18 years of both sex, with a clinical diagnosis of localised AA of two or more AA scalp patches in the same patient.

Exclusion criteria

Patients who received systemic or topical treatment for A.A in the previous three months prior to the start of the study.
Patients who are pregnant or lactating.
Patients who have bleeding or coagulation disorders.
Patients with autoimmune diseases, liver, or renal diseases were excluded from the study.