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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to evaluate efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of a proposed adalimumab biosimilar (M923) and Humira in participants with moderate to severe chronic plaque-type psoriasis.
The main purpose of this study is to assess the effect of smoking status on the success of Etanercept therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis.
The expertise in the characterization of transcriptomics profile in lesional psoriatic skin and on the availability of innovative therapy for these patients.The investigators propose to follow the modification of the skin transcriptomics profile in psoriatic patients during successful Adalimumab biotherapy. Skin transcriptomics profiles of normal skin, psoriatic non lesional skin, and psoriatic lesional skin before and after biotherapy will be compared. The investigators will focus on the modification of the cytokine "signature" in these skin lesions and of some markers of keratinocyte inflammation. The modification of the transcriptomics profile induced by the biotherapy will be correlated to the clinical response Psoriasis Area and Severity Index.
This study will assess the safety and efficacy of secukinumab compared to placebo and etanercept in patients that have moderate to severe, chronic, plaque-type psoriasis.
This is a Phase II, open label, investigator-initiated study to be done at Duke University Medical Center to treat adult patients (ages 18-80) with chronic plaque psoriasis who have failed Biologic Therapy with Apremilast 30 mg BID for 24 weeks. At the time of enrollment, the patient must have received biologic therapy without achieving a response of "almost clear" or "clear" according to PGA or has not responded with a 75% reduction of PASI score. Once deemed eligible, subjects will return for a baseline visit and receive Apremilast therapy and instructions. Subjects will be treated at weeks 0,4,8,12,16,20 and 24; subjects will be evaluated 28 days after last dose of Apremilast for safety and efficacy.
The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Raptiva® compared to placebo in controlling moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis involving palms and/or soles scoring Palmo-plantar Pustular Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PPPASI) ≥5 in subjects that are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapies. The rational of the trial is that psoriasis involving palms and/or soles is a painful condition associated with fissuring, scaling and in some instances with pustulation. Because of its localization, it is a disabling condition that limits dexterity and affects social interaction, leading to compromised quality of life; and this confers additional severity to that of plaque psoriasis on the body. The therapeutic approach for palm and sole plaque-type psoriasis usually begins with topical corticosteroid treatment. If the disease reaches a certain extent, the next step involves the addition of systemic treatments. Substances like methotrexate, retinoids and cyclosporine have shown to be efficacious, but their long-term usage is often limited by toxicity. Biologic treatments for psoriasis avoid this toxicity and offer a new therapeutic approach. The therapeutic potential of Raptiva® to treat palm and sole psoriasis refractory to systemic treatments has been described in numerous case reports and in one placebo-controlled phase IV study. However, in all cases, the number of subjects included was low, and in most cases the trials were not prospectively designed. Since the efficacy of Raptiva® on psoriasis of palms and soles must be determined using the validated PPPASI measure, it is necessary for scientific and ethical reasons to include a placebo arm during the first 12 weeks. Finally, as the clinical response may sometimes take longer than 12 weeks, subjects must be treated and evaluated during an additional 12-week open-label extended treatment period.
Study Status: Duke University Health System Institutional Review Board has received notification of study termination; final IRB closure date is 12/12/2008. Study enrollment is now closed. Enrollment Update: Only one subject was entered into this study out of an expected enrollment of 15 patients in this single site clinical trial. With no recruitment interest, the financial sponsor and Sponsor-PI chose to close the clinical trial.
Ultra-violet light B (UVB) therapy has been used by dermatologists to treat psoriasis for decades. Only a few studies have begun to dissect the mechanism of how NB-UVB therapy causes lesion resolution. Results from this study will aid in identifying other diseases that may be treated successfully with NB-UVB. If we can identify the mechanism of action of this therapy, this may give us additional new therapeutic targets for psoriasis and other diseases. Our overall hypothesis is that UVB induces changes that will indicate a mechanism of action of this therapy in psoriasis.
Loading dose, four arm, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study comparing single and multiple doses of AIN457 to placebo in patients with a diagnosis of moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety of Humira® in Adult Patients with Chronic Plaque Psoriasis (Ps).