Intralesional Cryosurgery Alone Versus Combined With 5-FU and Triamcinolone for Keloids

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Conditions studied: Keloid

In brief

evaluate the efficacy and safety of intralesional cryosurgery alone compared with intralesional cryosurgery combined with intralesional 5-fluorouracil and triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of keloids.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07526168

Run by

Assiut University

People needed

32

Starts

2026-07-01

Expected to finish

2027-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients (≥18 years) with clinically diagnosed keloids .
• Keloids of size 1-10 cm in greatest dimension .
• Keloids of at least one year duration

You may not qualify if…

• Females who are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or lactating .
• Hypertrophic scars .
• Chronic kidney or liver disease (relevant for 5-FU safety) .
• Patients with active inflammation, infection, or ulcer at or around the keloid or Lesions suspicious for malignancy .
• Patients who received any treatment for the same keloid in the past 12 months .
• Immunosuppressed patients or those with chronic inflammatory diseases .

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