Study About Effectiveness of Silver-Containing Textiles for Treatment of Acute Neurodermatitis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the treatment of acute neurodermitis with silver-contained textiles is equivalent or more effective to the conservative exogenous treatment with a corticosteroid. Secondary aim is to define skin comfortability of the textiles.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald
• Collaborator: Julius Zorn GmbH, Aichach, Germany

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of acute Neurodermitis

• Age: 2-70 years

• Patients are mobile

• Patient's information and willingness to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute viral infection (herpes zoster, eczema herpeticum)

• Acute staphylodermas

• Other skin-diseases affecting outcomes of intervention (e.g. psoriasis)

• Current UV-Treatment

• Current other immunosuppressive or immunomodulated Therapy

• Current antimicrobial Therapy (e.g. antibiotics)

• Severe general diseases (e.g. melanoma, renal insufficiency, autoimmune diseases)

• Pregnancy

• Fertile females without effective contraception