A pilot study to compare the role of antibiotics and topical antiseptics in the treatment of clinically infected eczema

ISRCTN	ISRCTN31511062
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN31511062
Secondary identifying numbers	N0436125573

Submission date: 30/09/2004
Registration date: 30/09/2004
Last edited: 29/03/2018

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr T H Clayton
Scientific

Dermatology Department
Dermatology Secretaries Office
St James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)79689430053
Email	r&d@leedsth.nhs.uk

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title	A pilot study to compare the role of antibiotics and topical antiseptics in the treatment of clinically infected eczema
Study objectives	Primary objective: To compare two treatment strategies for the management of clinically infected childhood eczema - the use of oral antibiotics and bathing in potassium permanganate.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Atopic dermatitis
Intervention	Questionnaire; Randomised controlled trial. Random allocation to: 1. Treatment A - oral antibiotics 2. Treatment B - bathing in potassium permanganate
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Quality of life during and after the trial measured by the Children's Dermatitis Quality of Life Index
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/05/2003
Completion date	01/11/2003

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	3 Months
Upper age limit	16 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	Patients will be recruited from St James's University Hospital (SJUH) and Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) Outpatients Dermatology Clinic who has infected eczema (age range 3 months to 16 years)
Key exclusion criteria	Does not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/05/2003
Date of final enrolment	01/11/2003

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Dermatology Department

Leeds
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Editorial Notes

29/03/2018: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator
26/02/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator