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NCT Number: NCT02550496

Evaluation of Trichoscopy in the Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis

Waiting for a proof by mycological culture is usually necessary before starting a systemic antifungal therapy. It therefore seems to us interesting to evaluate the benefit of using dermoscopy in clinical diagnosis of Tinea Capitis.

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Key information

Conditions

Tinea Capitis Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Dermatomycoses Infections Mycoses Scalp Dermatoses Skin Diseases Skin Diseases, Infectious Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases Tinea

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Amiens, Amiens, Picardie, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All patients with clinically diagnosed tinea capitis
  • Patient has signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient with kerion or tinea favosa
  • Antifungal treatment within 15 days prior to inclusion

Treatment and study plan

Dermoscopy

Device

Other names: Trichoscopy

Primary outcomes

  1. The presence of several hair with at least one dermoscopic appearance specific of tinea capitis

    Time frame: baseline

    The presence of several hair with at least one dermoscopic appearance Specific of tinea capitis ( corkscrew hair , comma hairs, interrupted (Morse code-like) hairs, hair shafts covered by whitish sheaths, zig-zag shaped hairs) correlating with The growth of a dermatophyte in the fungal culture.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Dermoscopic appearance (corkscrew hair, comma hairs, interrupted (Morse code-like) hairs, hair shafts covered by whitish sheaths, zig-zag shaped hairs) according to microscopic pathogenic species.

    Time frame: baseline

  2. Concordance of dermoscopic appearance for each of the two operators.

    Time frame: baseline

    Concordance between dermoscopic interpretation (corkscrew hair, comma hairs, interrupted (Morse code-like) hairs, hair shafts covered by whitish sheaths, zig-zag shaped hairs) of the dermatologist during the initial consultation and dermoscopic interpretation on the photographs by a blinded trained practitioner.

  3. Presence of a green fluorescence or not under the light of a Wood's lamp by comparing it with the result of the fungal culture.

    Time frame: baseline

  4. Introduction or not of a local or general presumptive treatment by the clinician while waiting for the result of the fungal culture.

    Time frame: baseline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Trichoscopy in the Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis. Prospective, Multicenter Study (ETDT)

Acronym: ETDT

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 15, 2015
Registry last updated
Aug 10, 2018

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