Evaluation of Trichoscopy in the Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis (ETDT)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tinea Capitis

Treatments: Device: Dermoscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02550496

PI2014_843_0019

Details and patient eligibility

About

Waiting for a proof by mycological culture is usually necessary before starting a systemic antifungal therapy. It therefore seems to us interesting to evaluate the benefit of using dermoscopy in clinical diagnosis of Tinea Capitis.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients with clinically diagnosed tinea capitis
• Patient has signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patient with kerion or tinea favosa
• Antifungal treatment within 15 days prior to inclusion

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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104 participants in 1 patient group

tinea capitis

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Dermoscopy