Influence of Dermocorticoids on Bone Mineral Density in Patients With Bullous Pemphigoid

Osteoporosis Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Influence of Dermocorticoids on Bone Mineral Density in Patients With Bullous Pemphigoid

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03926377
• Other study ID #: PI2018_843_0040
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: April 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: April 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
• Contact: Benjamin Batteux, MD
• Phone: (33)322088370
• Email: batteux.benjamin[@]chu-amiens.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Bullous pemphigoid is the most common type of bullous skin disease and is clinically characterized by clear-tense bullae, which result in post-bullous cutaneous erosions, altering the skin barrier. The treatment of this pathology consists of the application of high doses of topical corticosteroids (clobetasol propionate) for a prolonged period of at least 6 months. The main objective of this study is to demonstrate a change in bone mineral density at 6 months after initiation of treatment, in subjects with bullous pemphigoid and treated with topical corticosteroid.

Description:

Glucocorticoids have direct effects on bone remodeling by suppressing bone formation (inhibition of osteoblastic differentiation, inhibition of mature osteoblasts function and apoptosis of mature osteoblasts) and by increasing bone resorption (decrease in osteoclast apoptosis and stimulation of osteoclastogenesis). They also have indirect bone effects by decreasing the intestinal absorption of calcium and increasing its urinary excretion, and by inhibiting the somatotropic and gonadotropic axis. This pathophysiology results in excessive bone fragility. Bone loss and increased incidence of fractures occur within 6 months after the introduction of oral corticosteroid therapy, with a partially reversible phenomenon within months of discontinuation. The extent of bone loss depends on the dose and duration of glucocorticoid administration.

The systemic transition of topical corticosteroids depends on several parameters such as excipients, anatomical location, cutaneous state, the dose used and the duration of exposure.

Clobetasol propionate, used for long-term use in bullous pemphigoid, is a Class IV dermocorticoid (highly potent). Patients with bullous pemphigoid will benefit from bone densitometry at the initiation of treatment, at 3 months (theoretical end of the treatment of attack) and at 6 months (theoretical end of the treatment).

Patients will also benefit a blood test of serum calcium, phosphoremia, albumin, 25 OH vitamin D and cortisol at 8 to highlight possible correlations between changes in bone mineral density and phosphocalcic parameters and 8 cortisolemia (braking of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis).

Patients will also benefit from standard radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar spine at the initiation of treatment and at 6 months. Follow-up is planned over 6 months, with 2 follow-up visits at 3 months and 6 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: April 2024
• Est. primary completion date: October 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients presenting a multi-bullous pemphigoid newly diagnosed or relapsed more than 3 months after stopping corticosteroids and treated according to the national protocol for diagnosis and care issued by the reference center for autoimmune bullous diseases of April 2016

• patients having received written and oral information and signed informed consent

• patients covered by national health insurance

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients under tutorship or curatorship or inability to give informed consent

• Patients receiving an anti-osteoporotic treatment

• Patients requiring an anti-osteoporotic baseline treatment (T-score ? -3DS on at least 1 site or FRAX score above the therapeutic intervention threshold)

• Patients with one or more major risk factors for osteoporosis

• Patients who have received topical corticosteroids in less than 3 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bullous Pemphigoid
• Osteoporosis
• Pemphigoid, Bullous

Intervention

Procedure:
• bone densitometry
Patients with bullous pemphigoid will benefit from bone densitometry at the initiation of treatment, at 3 months (theoretical end of the treatment of attack) and at 6 months (theoretical end of the treatment).

Biological:
• blood test
Blood test of serum calcium, phosphoremia, albumin, 25 OH vitamin D and cortisol at 8 hours to highlight possible correlations between changes in bone mineral density and phosphocalcic parameters and 8 hours cortisolemia.

Procedure:
• radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar spine
standard radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar spine will be done at the initiation of treatment and at 6 months.
• Clobetasol propionate
Clobetasol propionate (Dermoval® 0,5% cream), administered for 6 months.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU Amiens	Amiens

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens	University Hospital, Rouen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Variation of the bone mineral density (BMD) expressed in g/cm² at the lumbar spine between baseline and the theorical end of the treatment.	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from bone densitometry at the initiation of the treatment and at 6 months (theoretical end of the treatment).	6 months after beginning of the treatment
Secondary	Variation of the bone mineral density (BMD) expressed in g/cm² at the lumbar spine between baseline and the theorical end of the treatment of attack.	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from bone densitometry at the initiation of the treatment and at 3 months (theoretical end of the treatment of attack).	3 months after beginning of the treatment
Secondary	Variation of the bone mineral density (BMD) expressed in g/cm² at the hip between baseline and the theorical end of the treatment of attack.	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from bone densitometry at the hip at the initiation of the treatment and at 3 months (theoretical end of the treatment of attack).	3 months after beginning of the treatment
Secondary	Variation of the bone mineral density (BMD) expressed in g/cm² at the hip between baseline and the theorical end of the treatment.	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from bone densitometry at the hip at the initiation of the treatment and at 6 months (theoretical end of the treatment).	6 months after beginning of the treatment
Secondary	Variation in plasma concentrations of corrected calcemia, phosphoremia, 25 OH vitamin D and cortisolemia between Baseline and the theorical end of the treatment of attack.	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from a blood test of serum calcium, phosphoremia, albumin, 25 OH vitamin D and cortisol at 8h at the initiation of the treatment and at 3 months (theoretical end of the treatment attack).	3 months after beginning of the treatment
Secondary	Variation in plasma concentrations of corrected calcemia, phosphoremia, 25 OH vitamin D and cortisolemia between Baseline and the theorical end of the treatment.	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from a blood test of serum calcium, phosphoremia, albumin, 25 OH vitamin D and cortisol at 8h at the initiation of the treatment and at 6 months (theoretical end of the treatment).	6 months after beginning of the treatment
Secondary	frequency of fractures (axial and , or peripheral)	Patients with bullous pemphigoid and treated with Clobetasol propionate will benefit from standard radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar spine at the initiation of the treatment and at 6 months (theoretical end of the treatment).	6 months after beginning of the treatment