TY - JOUR
T1 - Duct tape for the treatment of common warts in adults
T2 - A double-blind randomized controlled trial
AU - Wenner, Rachel
AU - Askari, Sharone K.
AU - Cham, Peter M.H.
AU - Kedrowski, Deborah A.
AU - Liu, An
AU - Warshaw, Erin M.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of duct tape occlusion therapy for the treatment of common warts in adults. Design: Double-blind controlled clinical intervention trial. Setting: Veterans Affairs medical center. Participants: A total of 90 immunocompetent adult volunteers with at least 1 wart measuring 2 to 15 mm were enrolled between October 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005. Eighty patients completed the study. Intervention: Patients were randomized by a computer-generated code to receive pads consisting of either moleskin with transparent duct tape (treatment group) or moleskin alone (control group). Patients were instructed to wear the pads for 7 consecutive days and leave the pad off on the seventh evening. This process was repeated for 2 months or until the wart resolved, whichever occurred first. Follow-up visits occurred at 1 and 2 months. Main Outcome Measure: Complete resolution of the target wart. Secondary outcomes included change in size of the target wart and recurrence rates at 6 months for warts with complete resolution. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in the proportions of patients with resolution of the target wart (8 [21%] of 39 patients in the treatment group vs 9 [22%] of 41 in the control group). Of patients with complete resolution, 6 (75%) in the treatment group and 3 (33%) in the control group had recurrence of the target wart by the sixth month. Conclusion: We found no statistically significant difference between duct tape and moleskin for the treatment of warts in an adult population.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of duct tape occlusion therapy for the treatment of common warts in adults. Design: Double-blind controlled clinical intervention trial. Setting: Veterans Affairs medical center. Participants: A total of 90 immunocompetent adult volunteers with at least 1 wart measuring 2 to 15 mm were enrolled between October 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005. Eighty patients completed the study. Intervention: Patients were randomized by a computer-generated code to receive pads consisting of either moleskin with transparent duct tape (treatment group) or moleskin alone (control group). Patients were instructed to wear the pads for 7 consecutive days and leave the pad off on the seventh evening. This process was repeated for 2 months or until the wart resolved, whichever occurred first. Follow-up visits occurred at 1 and 2 months. Main Outcome Measure: Complete resolution of the target wart. Secondary outcomes included change in size of the target wart and recurrence rates at 6 months for warts with complete resolution. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in the proportions of patients with resolution of the target wart (8 [21%] of 39 patients in the treatment group vs 9 [22%] of 41 in the control group). Of patients with complete resolution, 6 (75%) in the treatment group and 3 (33%) in the control group had recurrence of the target wart by the sixth month. Conclusion: We found no statistically significant difference between duct tape and moleskin for the treatment of warts in an adult population.
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.143.3.309
DO - 10.1001/archderm.143.3.309
M3 - Article
C2 - 17372095
AN - SCOPUS:33947533063
SN - 0003-987X
VL - 143
SP - 309
EP - 313
JO - Archives of Dermatology
JF - Archives of Dermatology
IS - 3
ER -