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Port wine stains are red birthmarks that without treatment persist for a lifetime. They are frequently found on the face and can be conspicuous and disfiguring, negatively impacting social interactions for these patients. Treating Port wine stains is difficult. The standard of care is to use laser treatment, but over 80% of patients fail to completely clear despite multiple treatments. The growth of additional blood vessels (angiogenesis) following the Laser treatment is likely an important factor in why these lesions persist despite therapy.


Clinical Trial Description

Imiquimod is a topical cream that affects the immune response and has been noted to inhibit blood vessel formation. It has been used to successfully treat other vascular growths such as hemangiomas. The research can use imiquimod cream 5% cream apply to port wine stains after laser therapy to improve lightening of port wine stains. The imiquimod 5% cream cream apply to Port wine stains everyday for 8 weeks. ;


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NCT number NCT00585247
Study type Interventional
Source University of California, Irvine
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date November 2006
Completion date August 2012

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