CTRI/2015/01/005400.

Study name	CTRI/2015/01/005400
Methods	Randomised, parallel group, active controlled trial
Participants	Participants with keloids irrespective of gender, site of involvement, duration of lesions to be included in the study if they are: 1. Keloid of size ≤ 5 cm in any dimension. 2. Multiple keloids ≤ 5 in numbers.
Interventions	Intervention 1: intralesional steroids with carbon dioxide laser: carbon dioxide laser at baseline followed by intralesional steroid for 3 months at 1‐month interval.   Intervention 2: intralesional steroid with cryotherapy: cryotherapy at baseline followed by intralesional steroid for 3 months at 1‐month interval.
Outcomes	Primary outcome: improvement in scar severity. Secondary: recurrence rate following treatment with these two different combination therapies.
Starting date	01 March 2012
Contact information	Biswanath Behera: Department of Dermatology, Jipmer Gorimedu, Pondicherry‐605006 Room n. 303, Harvey House 3, Hostel Complex, Jiipmer, Puducherry,605006 India biswanathbehera61@gmail.com
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