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Study aim
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Determination and comparison of the effuicacy of intralesional 5-fluorouracil and cryotherapy in the treatment of common and palmoplantar warts
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Design
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Phase 3, parallel group, clinical trial, with consecutive sampling, including 50 patients, single blinded, computerized randomized with permuted blocks
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Settings and conduct
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The study is conducted in the dermatology clinic of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Group 1 is treated by weekly intralesional 5-fluorouracil injection and group 2 by weekly cryotherapy. The patients are assessed at the beginning of treatment, and weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 14 by lesion size calculation by ruler and dermatoscopy. The outcome assessor is blind to the type of treatment.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Patients of 16 years of age and higher; Common type warts; Palmoplantar type warts
Exclusion criteria: Patients with more than 5 lesions; Pregnancy; Lactation; Patients with vascular, cardiovascular, hepatic, and chronic kidney disease; Patients with hypersensitivity to 5-flurouracil, lidocaine, epinephrine, or cryotherapy; Beta-blocker drug consumption; Immunocompromised patients
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Intervention groups
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Group 1: Intralesional 5-fluorouracil injection
Group 2: Cryotherapy
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Main outcome variables
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Complete clinical cure