Study About Effectiveness of Silver-Containing Textiles for Treatment of Acute Neurodermatitis

University Medicine Greifswald

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 3

Conditions

Neurodermatitis

Treatments

Drug: corticosteroid

Device: silver-contained textiles

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00196430

III PV 08/03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the treatment of acute neurodermitis with silver-contained textiles is equivalent or more effective to the conservative exogenous treatment with a corticosteroid. Secondary aim is to define skin comfortability of the textiles.

Sex

All

Ages

2 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of acute Neurodermitis
Age: 2-70 years
Patients are mobile
Patient's information and willingness to participate

Exclusion criteria

Acute viral infection (herpes zoster, eczema herpeticum)
Acute staphylodermas
Other skin-diseases affecting outcomes of intervention (e.g. psoriasis)
Current UV-Treatment
Current other immunosuppressive or immunomodulated Therapy
Current antimicrobial Therapy (e.g. antibiotics)
Severe general diseases (e.g. melanoma, renal insufficiency, autoimmune diseases)
Pregnancy
Fertile females without effective contraception