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Study aim
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Effect of Naltrexone in treatment of chronic urticaria
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Design
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A Clinical trial study with control group, parallel groups, double-blinded, randomized with block randomization on 62 patient
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Settings and conduct
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This study is performed on 62 patients in Hazrat Rasool Hospital. Patients are randomly divided into intervention group and control group. blinding will be performed on patients, Researcher and outcome assessor. Patients will assessed for severity of itching, urticaria and quality of life.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of chronic urticaria based on clinical criteria, lack of response to standard treatment, patients of both males and females, age over 12 years/ Exclusion criteria: pregnancy, breast feeding, allergy to naltrexone, substance abuse
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: Tab Cetrizine 10mg,One every 6 hours (manufactured by Abidi Co., Iran) ; Tab Famotidin 40 mg, One every 12 hours ( manufactured by Shafa Darou Co.Iran) and Tab Montellukast 10 mg, once daily (manufactured by Zahravi Co.Iran) as the main treatment that start from one week before the intervention, called wash out period. Then adding cap Nalteroxone 50 mg daily (manufactured by Alhavi Co.Iran) for 6 weeks./ Control group: baseline treatment and placebo Once daily
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Main outcome variables
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Primary outcome: Improve itching and urticaria based on (Weekly Urticaria Activity Score) UAS7 and (Visual Analogue Scale) VAS.
Other outcome: Improve the quality of life based on ( Dermatologic Life Quality Index)DLQI