Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of an OC Preparation vs Placebo for 6 Treatment Cycles in Women With Moderate Acne.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00651469 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 2, 2008
Last Update Posted : December 30, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Acne Vulgaris | Drug: YAZ (DRSP 3 mg/EE 0.02 mg, BAY86-5300) Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Expanded Access : Bayer has indicated that access to an investigational treatment associated with this study is available outside the clinical trial.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 534 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate Safety & Efficacy of Oral Contraceptive Prep., Containing Drospirenone 3 mg/Ethinyl Estradiol 20 Mcg for 6 Treatment Cycles in Women With Moderate Acne Vulgaris. |
Study Start Date : | January 2003 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2004 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm 1 |
Drug: YAZ (DRSP 3 mg/EE 0.02 mg, BAY86-5300)
The study medication was packaged in 28-tablet blister packs. Each subject kit contained 6 blister packs plus 1 reserve blister pack.Subjects randomly assigned to the active treatment group received 24 consecutive days of hormonally active tablets (3mgDRSP/0.02mgEE) followed by 4 consecutive days of inactive tablets. The treatment period was 6 cycles (28 tablets per cycle). |
Placebo Comparator: Arm 2 |
Drug: Placebo
The subjects randomly assigned to the placebo group received 28 inert but identical-appearing, color-matched tablets. The treatment period was 6 cycles (28 tablets per cycle) |
- Percent change in inflammatory lesion counts (including papules, pustules, and nodules), non-inflammatory lesion counts (including open and closed comedones), total lesion count, and the ISGA. [ Time Frame: From baseline to Cycle 6 ]
- Change from baseline in count of papules [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]
- Change from baseline in count of pustules [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]
- Change from baseline in count of nodules [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]
- Change from baseline in count of open comedones [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]
- Change from baseline in count of closed comedones [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]
- Percentage of subjects classified as "improved" according to the Investigator's Overall Improvement Rating [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]
- Percentage of subjects classifying themselves as "improved" on the Subject's Overall Self-Assessment Rating [ Time Frame: Visits 3-5 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 14 Years to 45 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female age 14-45, with 10 to 100 comedones (noninflammatory lesions), 10 to 50 inflammatory lesions (papules or pustules), and not more than 35 nodules (<5mm) on the face).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Standard contraindications for use of combined oral contraceptives (class label) plus
- Subjects with acne and atopia, comedonal acne or acne conglobate, sandpaper acne or acne with multiple large nodes, cysts, fistular comedones, or abscessing fistular ducts
- Use of comedogenic covering cream, comedogenic sunscreens, other sex hormone preparations or any other anti-acne therapy (eg, light therapy, oleic acids, chemical pellings, mechanical extraction of comedones)
- Acne therapy with sex hormone preparations given over 3 months or longer and proved to be unsuccessful
- Preparations that have had an acne-inducing effect, eg, iodinated or bromated drugs, tuberculostatics, lithium, Vitamin B1, B6, B12, D3, corticoids, ACTH, anabolics, quinine, disulfiram, methoxypsoralen, phenobarbital, phenytoin, trimethadione, thyroid depressants, and certain oily cosmetics

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United States, Alabama | |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35209 | |
Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35801 | |
United States, Arizona | |
Mesa, Arizona, United States, 85201 | |
United States, California | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90010 | |
San Diego, California, United States, 92108 | |
United States, District of Columbia | |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010-2975 | |
United States, Florida | |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33175 | |
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33702 | |
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33607 | |
United States, Idaho | |
Boise, Idaho, United States, 83704 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60631 | |
United States, Indiana | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46250 | |
United States, Louisiana | |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70115 | |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States, 02481 | |
United States, Missouri | |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64114 | |
United States, New Mexico | |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87106 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27103 | |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45230 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033-0850 | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19114 | |
United States, Rhode Island | |
Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, 02886 | |
United States, Texas | |
Austin, Texas, United States, 78759 | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230 | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77024 | |
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229 | |
United States, Washington | |
Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405 |
Study Director: | Bayer Study Director | Bayer |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Bayer |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00651469 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
91209 306820 ( Other Identifier: Company Internal ) |
First Posted: | April 2, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 30, 2014 |
Last Verified: | December 2014 |
Moderate Acne Vulgaris Acne |
Acne Vulgaris Acneiform Eruptions Skin Diseases Sebaceous Gland Diseases |