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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02908581
Date of registration: 28/08/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Public title: Effect of Iron and Folic Acid on Skin Fungal Pattern in Patients With Arsenicosis
Scientific title: Randomized, Open Label Trial of Iron and Folic Acid on Change of Fungal Pattern
Date of first enrolment: June 2016
Target sample size: 42
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02908581
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Priyanka Moitra, MBBS
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Affiliation:  BSMMU
Name:     Mir Misbahuddin, PhD
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Affiliation:  BSMMU
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: (Patients)

- History of drinking arsenic contaminated water(>50 µg/L) for more than 6 months

- Patients having moderate palmar keratosis

- Patients those voluntarily agree to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant and lactating mother

- Any other chronic diseases like tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, asthma

- Patient under treatment of arsenicosis on Criteria:



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Arsenic Poisoning
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Iron 150 mg and Folic acid 0.5 mg
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in the type of fungus in skin surface [Time Frame: [0 weeks (baseline), 12 weeks (end)] [Safety Issue: No]]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Scoring palmar arsenical keratosis [Time Frame: [0 weeks (baseline), 12 weeks (end)] [Safety Issue: No]]
Secondary ID(s)
BSMMU-010-CT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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