Comparative study of the pulsed dye laser and the Omnilux blue/red light phototherapy system in the treatment of mild-moderate inflammatory acne vulgaris

ISRCTN	ISRCTN95939628
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN95939628
Protocol serial number	N0219164790
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health (UK)
Funders	Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding (UK)

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Dr S W Lanigan
Scientific

Department of Dermatology
City Hospital
Dudley Road
Birmingham
B18 7QH
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Single-centre randomised controlled prospective study
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	The clearance of acne by the Vbeam pulsed dye laser and the Omnilux Blue phototherapy system will be compared in a within patient split-face randomised controlled prospective study.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases: Acne vulgaris
Intervention	Pulsed dye laser vs Omnilux blue/red light phototherapy system
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	11/08/2006

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	30
Key inclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	12/05/2005
Date of final enrolment	11/08/2006

Department of Dermatology

Birmingham
B18 7QH
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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