Diode Laser Treatment of Onychomycosis
Status: | Recruiting |
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Conditions: | Podiatry |
Therapuetic Areas: | Orthopedics / Podiatry |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | Any |
Updated: | 2/4/2013 |
Start Date: | October 2011 |
Contact: | Hilary Maynard |
Phone: | 860-437-3737 |
Study of the V-Raser Diode Laser System in the Treatment of Onychomycosis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the V-Raser diode laser system with investigational
Nail Fungus Handpiece in the treatment of onychomycosis.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed subungual onychomycosis in a great toe that does not extend to the
eponychium
- Fitzpatrick Skin Type I-IV
- Written and verbal informed consent
- Able to comply with study instructions and to return to the clinic for required
visits
- Agrees to refrain from other active topical, laser or light-based treatment to the
great toes
- Agrees to the use of Naftin Gel between the toes to prevent/control tinea pedis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant
- History of cutaneous photosensitivity, porphyria and hypersensitivity to porphyrins
or photodermatoses
- Any skin pathology or condition that could interfere with the evaluation or that
requires the use of interfering topical or systemic therapy
- Coagulation disorder or current use of anti-coagulation medication (including aspirin
use of greater than 81 mg per day)
- Any condition which, in the investigator's opinion, would make it unsafe for the
subject to participate
- Enrolled in an investigational drug or device trial, or has been treated with an
investigational device or received an investigational drug within 30 days
- Oral Lamisil within 1 year, Sporanox or over-the-counter topicals within 1 month, or
other prescription anti-fungal medications or topicals within 6 months
- Evidence of diabetic neuropathy or peripheral vascular disease related to diabetes,
or a loss of protective sensation in the affected foot
- Psoriasis, lichen planus, infection involving the lunula, prior surgical treatment of
the affected great toe within 1 year, or a history of trauma to the affected great
toe
- Immunocompromised status, or with existing (or history of) cancer/skin malignancy
- Distal nail thickness of greater than 2mm in the affected great toenail
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