Curcumin and Nanocurcumin in Oral Aphthous Ulcer

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences48 enrolled

Overview

Recurrent aphthous ulcer is a painful inflammatory lesion with a high prevalence. Since the etiology is not clear, several strategies have been proposed to reduce pain and severity of its symptoms. Today, curcumin is considered as an herbal medicine with anti-inflammatory properties. Treatment or control of various inflammatory diseases has been proposed, but its low solubility in water has reduced bioavailability, while the use of nanoparticle pharmaceutical techniques has been able to solve these problems. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of a new topical curcumin gel with nano-technology and compare it with 2% curcumin gel in patients with recurrent aphthous ulcers. This randomized clinical trial was performed on 48 patients assigned to two groups (nano-curcumin gel) and (curcumin gel). Before treatment, the size of the wound and VAS were measured. After intervention, the two variables were measured again on the fourth and seventh days , then the amount of improvement was quantitatively and qualitatively compared in the two groups and a significant level of less than 0.05 was considered.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Recurrent Aphthous Ulcer Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with minor and recurrent aphthous ulcer lesions within 48 hours and Aphthous like Lesions Exclusion Criteria: * Wounds are in inaccessible areas (such as posterior palate). If a person suffers from systemic disease (through questioning the patient) Patients with turmeric allergy and any type of gel used in this study. Pregnant or lactating women .. accompany with other mucosal lesions. Do not take any other medicine while taking intervention Major or herpeti form of aphthous ulcer

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Wound size

The ulcer size was evaluated by determining the distance between two opposed boundaries of the ulcer edge, using a periodontal probe in millimeters.

Time frame: one week

Pain score

Pain assessment scale, visual analog scale (VAS) comprising of a 10-cm straight line among ends, with 0 representing no pain (better outcome) and 10 for intolerable pain (worse outcome)