Effect of Oral Zinc Supplementation as an Adjuvant to Topical Corticosteroid in Oral Lichen Planus Patients

Summary

Lichen planus is an auto-immune, chronic inflammatory disease that affects mucosal and cutaneous tissue. Erosive and atrophic oral lichen planus (OLP) are difficult to manage because patients present with symptoms ranging from episodic pain to severe discomfort and they have the highest malignant transformation rate (MTR) amongst all the forms of OLP. Zinc is associated with regeneration of epithelium, wound healing and mediating T-lymphocyte function; all of which can lead to healing and re-epithelisation in the lesions of erosive OLP. Besides this, it also has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which lead to decrease in apoptosis and transformation into a malignant state. This study intends to evaluate the effect of oral zinc supplements as an adjuvant to the topical corticosteroid therapy in the treatment of OLP.

Timeline

Start

2020-01-15

Primary completion

2020-09-30

Completion

2020-09-30

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