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Objective: To compare the efficacy of cryotherapy using liquid nitrogen (cryoget method) versus trichloroacetic acid 90% (applicator method) in treatment of common warts.
Study Design: Randomized Control Trial. Place And Duration of Study: Department of Dermatology, CMH Abbottabad from Jun 2022 to Nov, 2022.
A total of 60 patients were enrolled in this investigation by non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Sample size was calculated using WHO sample size calculator and patients were randomized into two equal groups, A and B, each comprising of 30 patients through lottery method. Patients with common warts such as hard lesions, raised lumps with rough surfaces at the back of their fingers, around nails and palm of their hands between the ages of 18 and 60 were included, whereas those with genital warts, cardiac, hepatic, renal, or hypercholesterolemia were excluded.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group A cryotherapy | Active Comparator | Cryotherapy Group A had their warts treated once every two weeks for a total of twelve weeks, with liquid nitrogen using cryoget method for 10 to 15 seconds on each lesion (depending on size, until a narrow white rim of around 1 mm developed around it). |
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| Group B Topical TCA 90% | Active Comparator | Topical TCA 90 % Warts in Group B were treated with liquid TCA 90% by an applicator every two weeks for a total of twelve weeks. After 20 minutes, patients were instructed to remove the solution by washing their warts with water or regular saline |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRYOTHERAPY | Drug | Group A had their warts treated once every two weeks for a total of twelve weeks, with liquid nitrogen using cryoget method for 10 to 15 seconds on each lesion (depending on size, until a narrow white rim of around 1 mm developed around it). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Comparison of cryotherapy and Tricholoracetic acid 90% in treatment of common warts | Outcome was determined at the end of third month and the patients were labelled as cured and the efficacy was labelled as "Yes" in cases with absence of all the lesions. After twelve weeks of therapy, individuals with persistent warts were regarded as cases of treatment failure and efficacy was labelled as "No". | 12 weeks |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients with warts on toes and tip of fingers
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cmh abbottabad | Abbottābād | Kpk | 22010 | Pakistan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014860 | Warts |
| ID | Term |
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| D030361 | Papillomavirus Infections |
| D004266 | DNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
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| ID | Term |
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| D017679 | Cryotherapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Tricholoracetic acid | Drug | Group B were treated with liquid TCA 90% by an applicator every two weeks for a total of twelve weeks. After 20 minutes, patients were instructed to remove the solution by washing their warts with water or regular saline. |
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| D017193 |
| Skin Diseases, Viral |
| D014412 | Tumor Virus Infections |
| D012874 | Skin Diseases, Infectious |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |