drugset / Trial / NCT04697992

Topical Tranexamic Acid Versus Topical Vitamin C With Microneedling in Periorbital Hyperpigmentation; Comparative Study

NCT04697992

Completed 60 enrolled Kasr El Aini Hospital
Non-randomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

Both vitamin C 20% and tranexamic acid 5mg/ml combined with microneedling were used for treatment of periorbital hyperpigmentation in a comparative pattern and both resulted in significant improvement of periorbital hyperpigmentation by dermoscopic and clinical evaluation with no statistically significant difference between them in addition to improvement of patients' visual analogue score (VAS) and dermatology life quality index (DLQI).

Timeline

Start
2019-11-01
Primary completion
2020-03-15
Completion
2020-03-15

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Tranexamic Acid Small molecule 5 mg/ml
Subject Vitamin C Other / unclassified 20 %