Testing if you can collect your own skin sample for scabies
Part of Infections, Skin clinical trials.
This study tests whether you can collect your own skin samples at home to help diagnose scabies. If you have or might have scabies, this study could offer an easier, less embarrassing way to check for it.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have scabies now (or your doctor thinks you might have it).
- You haven't started scabies treatment in the last 6 weeks.
- You haven't taken ivermectin (a medicine for certain infections) in the last 6 weeks.
- You don't have a weakened immune system (from a condition or treatment).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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