CompletedPhase 4
A Comparative Study on the Efficacy of Blue Light Emitting Diodes Therapy Versus Targeted Narrow Band UVB in Stable Non-segmental Vitiligo Patients.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cairo University
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- People taking part
- 30 people enrolled
- Started
- 20 Jan 2025
- Ended
- 23 Aug 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Narrow Band UVB Treatment
- blue light emitting diode
- Record updated
- 15 September 2025
Who can take part
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- All age group; Both genders; Subjects with stable non-segmental vitiligo (≥2 patches) acral or non-acral patches of diameter ≤ 2cm
Who cannot take part
- Prior treatment with laser therapies for at least 3 months; Recent exfoliation procedures; Recent surgical procedures; Poor skin conditions including keloids; Hypersensitivity to light ( visible and near-infrared); Medications that make users more sensitive to light; Anticoagulant and immunosuppressive treatments; Gestations or breastfeeding; A personal or family history of skin cancer; Unstable vitiligo (older lesions have not progressed for the last 1 years and lack of Koebner phenomena )
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
A comparative study on the efficacy of blue light emitting diodes therapy versus targeted Narrow band UVB in stable non-segmental vitiligo patients.
The 2 groups in the trial
- patients will receive NB-UVB phototherapy sessions on a Randomly selected patchExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: Narrow Band UVB Treatment
- Patients will receive blue light emitting diodes phototherapy on a randomly selected patchExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: blue light emitting diode
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 15 September 2025