Clinical Trial: Electrocautery vs Q-switch for Seborrheic Keratosis

Study Status: Withdrawn
Recruit Status: Withdrawn
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Comparing the Efficacy and Risk of Adverse Events of Electrocautery Versus 532 nm Qswitched Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminium Garnet Laser for the Treatment of Flat Seborrheic Ke

Brief Summary:

The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and risk of adverse events of electrocautery versus 532 nm Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser for the treatment of flat seborrheic keratoses.

This study is a pilot study designed to determine feasibility of these procedures.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Northwestern University

Current Primary Outcome:

• Change in Pigmentation from baseline to week 18 [ Time Frame: Baseline and 18 weeks ]
  Blinded photo raters will the lesion pigmentation on a scale of -50 (most hypopigmented relative to baseline) to +50 (most hyperpigmented relative to baseline) for both treatments.
• Change in lesion texture from baseline to week 18 [ Time Frame: Baseline and 18 weeks ]
  Blinded photo raters will the lesion texture on a scale of -50 (most worsening relative to baseline) to +50 (most improvement relative to baseline) for both treatments.

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: Northwestern University

Dates:
Date Received: February 12, 2015
Date Started: August 2015
Date Completion: December 2016
Last Updated: January 11, 2016
Last Verified: January 2016