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Last refreshed on: 25 January 2016
Main ID:  NCT02468518
Date of registration: 27/01/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Public title: Effect of Vitamin E on Skin Aerobic Bacteria in Palmar Arsenical Keratosis
Scientific title: Randomized, Open Label Trial of Vitamin E on Change of Aerobic Bacterial Pattern
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 45
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02468518
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Mir Misbahuddin
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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

Inclusion Criteria (Arsenic exposed controls):

- Family members of the patient

- History of drinking arsenic contaminated water (>50 µg/L)

- Those voluntarily agree to participate

- No sign/symptoms of palmar keratosis

Inclusion Criteria (Healthy volunteers):

- Drinking arsenic safe water (<50 µg/L)

- Those voluntarily agree to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant and lactating mother

- Any other chronic disease like tuberculosis, diabetes, asthma

- Patients under treatment of arsenicosis



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Arsenic Poisoning
Intervention(s)
Drug: Vitamin E capsule
Primary Outcome(s)
Identification of aerobic bacteria in five areas of the skin [Time Frame: 0 weeks (baseline), 12 weeks (end)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Clinical improvement in palmar arsenical keratosis following supplementation [Time Frame: 0 weeks (baseline), 12 weeks (end)]
Secondary ID(s)
BSMMU-007-CT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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