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Narrowband UVB Light Therapy to Patients With Dark Skin Types Who Have 10% of Their Body Involved With Psoriasis Vulgaris.

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mary Sullivan-Whalen, Rockefeller University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00220025
First received: September 20, 2005
Last updated: October 24, 2012
Last verified: October 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

This study offers narrowband UVB light therapy to patients with both light and dark skin types who have 10% of their body involved with psoriasis vulgaris.


Condition Intervention Phase
Psoriasis Vulgaris
 Device: Phototherapy
 Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Study To Determine the Efficacy of Whole Body Narrowband UVB Phototherapy in People With Darker Skin Types

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Psoriasis
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Rockefeller University:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Clinical and histological improvement of psoriasis [ Time Frame: beginning and end of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 70
Study Start Date: June 1999
Study Completion Date: May 2009
Primary Completion Date: May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: NBUVB Device: Phototherapy
The patient begins total body NBUVB that day at a dose that is 50% of the MED. Patients are treated 3-7 times per week, with increasing doses at every treatment if no burning occurs. This is continued until clearance of disease or maximum efficacy.

Detailed Description:

Two groups of patients, having 10% of their body surface area involved with psoriasis vulgaris, will receive narrowband phototherapy. One group will have skin type I-IV, or light skin and the second group will have dark skin, or type V-VI.

All patients will receive phototherapy, with narrowband UVB, three times a week for six weeks, or a total of 18 treatments. 6mm punch skin biopsies will be done prior to starting therapy and at the completion of the study. Clinical assessments and photography will be done parallel to the skin biopsies. Results (clinically and histologically) of both groups will be compared.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   14 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients must have stable psoriasis vulgaris, which covers at least 10% of their bodies, for at least six months. Patients can not have not been treated with narrowband UVB in the past, although other light therapies are acceptable (i.e. broadband UVB and PUVA). Patients are not allowed to receive other therapies for their psoriasis, internal and topical, while they are participating in the study. Patients may continue using non-medicated moisturizer.

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Exclusion Criteria:

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  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00220025

Locations
United States, New York
Rockefeller University Hospital
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Sponsors and Collaborators
Mary Sullivan-Whalen
Investigators
Principal Investigator: James G. Krueger, MD Rockefeller University
  More Information

No publications provided by Rockefeller University

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Responsible Party: Mary Sullivan-Whalen, Co-Investigator, Rockefeller University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00220025     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: JKR-0338
Study First Received: September 20, 2005
Last Updated: October 24, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
United States: Institutional Review Board

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Psoriasis
Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous
Skin Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013