Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0176052132
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
This study aims to compare the routinely available and used treatments in a methodological way, assessing time to clearance of macroscopic warts.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Prospective randomised controlled study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases: Genital warts
Intervention
Interventions will be five different treatments:
1. Podophyllin 25% in tincture of benzoin
2. Trichloacetic acid
3. Cryotherapy
4. Trichloacetic acid and Podophyllin 25%
5. Podophyllin 25% and Cryotherapy
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Number of treatments required to achieve clearance of external genital warts
2. If no clearance, percentage reduction in surface area of warts after treatment eight
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
02/11/1999
Overall trial end date
01/03/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
2270 patients
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
02/11/1999
Recruitment end date
01/03/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
GUM
Oxford
OX2 6HE
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17609022
Publication citations
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Results
Sherrard J, Riddell L, Comparison of the effectiveness of commonly used clinic-based treatments for external genital warts., Int J STD AIDS, 2007, 18, 6, 365-368, doi: 10.1258/095646207781024711.