Comparative Study Examining the Effectiveness in Use of a DERMOJET and a Normal Syringe Treatment for Patients With Hair Loss - Alopecia Areata

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Alopecia Areata

Treatments: Device: DERMOJET (a syringe without a needle); Device: Subcutaneous injection luer syringe

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01017510

SHEBA-09-7322-BA-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Conventional treatments include the use of steroids applied locally, or injection in to the legion, or oral therapy.

Treatment is determined by the severity of the disease.

Injection in to the legion can be done in two methods

1. Subcutaneous injection syringe Lower
2. Using syringe DERMOJET - a syringe without a needle. So far there are no publications in the medical literature of studies comparing efficacy, safety, convenience of use for doctor-patient, of both methods.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Subjects over the age of 18
2. Men and women
3. The presence of at least two lesions (centers) in diameter of at least 1.5 cm on both sides of the scalp.
4. Healthy with no diseases that constitute the background against the total label use steroids

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Involvement of more then 50% of the scalp
3. Patients with immunodeficiency-related diseases
4. Patients receiving systemic steroids