Treatment of Recalcitrant Hand and Foot Warts With Intense Pulsed Light - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Warts

Treatments: Procedure: Intense Pulsed Light + paring versus paring alone

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00254280

KF-01-255566

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is for recalcitrant hand and foot warts to compare the efficacy of treatment with Intense Pulsed Light and paring versus paring alone.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• Recalcitrant warts
• No previous IPL treatment of warts

Exclusion criteria

• Immunosuppressive treatment
• Patients suffering from HIV, diabetes or other immunosuppressive diseases
• Pregnancy
• Previous IPL treatment
• Patients with a tendency to prodyce keloids or hypertrophic scars
• Mosaic and flat warts
• Lack of informed consent