Effectiveness of Sodium Fusidate Ointment Compared to Petrolatum for Wound Healing Following Cauterization

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-05-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A double-blind within person randomized controlled trial study was conducted on 90 wounds in 22 subjects. All wounds were randomized to receive either sodium fusidate ointment or petrolatum following cauterization.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Indonesia University
• Treatments: Fusidic Acid; Petrolatum

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age over 20 years

• clinically diagnosed with seborrheic keratosis or acrochordon

• having minimum of two lesions and maximum of four lesions with diameter of 4-10 mm on face or neck and minimum distance between lesions of 5 cm

• providing consent to participate into the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• a skin bacterial infection on the other parts of body's skin

• benign tumor lesions with inflammation or secondary infection

• history of antibiotics use in the last 2 weeks or long-acting penicillin injections within the past 1 month

• history of corticosteroids and immunosuppressants use in the past 2 weeks

• using a pacemaker

• infected with Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).