Minoxidil for Treating White Hair: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Phase 4RecruitingNCT06813963

Southern Medical University, China100 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether topical Minoxidil can restore hair pigmentation in individuals with non-pathological graying hair. The study population includes male and female participants aged \[18to65\] who have non-pathological graying of hair, meaning their graying is not due to any underlying medical conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does topical Minoxidil improve hair pigmentation in individuals with non-pathological graying hair? What medical problems do participants have when topical use minoxidil? Researchers will compare participants receiving topical Minoxidil to those receiving a placebo to determine whether Minoxidil has a significant effect on restoring hair pigmentation. Participants will: Topical use minoxidil or a placebo twice a day for 12 months Visit the clinic once every months for checkups and tests Report any adverse effects or changes in hair characteristics throughout the study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Grey Hair

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * The patients included in the study were those with a visible gray hair grading score of 2 or higher at screening and baseline visits, with depigmented hair shafts observable under dermoscopy. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria included various pathological types of gray hair (including, but not limited to, alopecia areata, albinism, radiation-induced gray hair, and vitiligo); any scalp skin diseases (including, but not limited to, androgenetic alopecia, folliculitis, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, tinea capitis, and scalp sebaceous cysts); and any history of medication use or other treatments applied to the scalp within the past year (including, but not limited to, minoxidil, hair transplantation surgery, boric acid lotion, ketoconazole shampoo, and corticosteroid ointments). Patients with severe systemic diseases, immune diseases, endocrine disorders, or neurological diseases were also excluded.

Locations (2)

Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

RECRUITING

The First People's Hospital of Zhaoqing

Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Reduction in the appearance gray hair grade

we divided gray hair appearance into 11 progressive levels of severity, ranging from grade 0: fully pigmented, to grade 10: completely unpigmented.Two trained physicians (blinded to the trial group assignments) used a gray hair appearance color scale to rate patients' gray hair appearance to determine whether the primary outcome definition was met.