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A Study of the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of 20% Cassia Alata Extract Against Tinea Versicolor
Led by The University of The West Indies · Updated on 2025-11-19
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
95 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to establish the efficacy of Cassia alata extract as a cream form in treating tinea versicolor (liver spots/shifting clouds). The main questions the study aims to answer are:• Does the use of this extract help resolve tinea versicolor better than no treatment? Does the use of this cream have significant side effects i.e, is it safe? Participants will be asked to treat a designated area while leaving additional areas untreated. 1-2 finger tip units of cream will be applied to the treatment site twice daily at least 8 hours apart. Participants will attend the trial clinic every 4 weeks for 12 weeks.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Study of the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of 20% Cassia Alata Extract Against Tinea Versicolor
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients aged 18-89 of either sex
- Clinical features suggestive of tinea versicolor and microscopic confirmation using skin scraping stains with chlorazol black preparation and/or Wood's lamp fluorescence
- No treatment for tinea versicolor in the preceding 4 weeks
- No history of allergy to Cassia alata
- No history of preservative allergy
You will not qualify if you...
- Age less than 18 or greater than 89 years
- Pregnant females
- History of hypersensitivity to Cassia alata or preservatives
- Treatment for tinea versicolor within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
- Lesions that do not meet the diagnostic criteria of tinea versicolor
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of the West Indies, Mona
Kingston, Other, Jamaica, 007
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Research Team
M
Marvin Reid, MB Bs PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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