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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01246284
Date of registration: 08/11/2010
Primary sponsor: University of British Columbia
Public title: The Efficacy and Safety of Different Concentrations of Localized Injections of Steroids in the Treatment of Alopecia Areata
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety of Different Concentrations of Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide in Alopecia Areata: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Date of first enrolment: December 2010
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01246284
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Mohammed AlJasser
Address: 
Telephone: 778-859-5522
Email: mj_derma@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Jerry Shapiro, MD FRCPC
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of British Columbia
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 18 years

- Less than 50% scalp involvement

- Patients should have a patch of at least 4.5 cm in the smallest diameter

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current episode of alopecia areata for longer than 2 years

- Evidence of hair regrowth at baseline

- Patients who received treatment with a topical, intralesional, or systemic agent
within the past month

- Rapidly progressing disease

- Hypersensitivity to Triamcinolone acetonide or vehicle

- Pregnancy or breast-feeding



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Alopecia Areata
Intervention(s)
Drug: Triamcinolone acetonide
Other: Normal saline
Primary Outcome(s)
Hair growth [Time Frame: 4-6 weeks after each treatment session]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Side effects [Time Frame: 4-6 weeks after each treatment session]
Secondary ID(s)
H10-02231
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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