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Filter by:To evaluate whether participation in an Internet-based intervention helps improve short-term and long-term psoriasis treatment outcomes, in particular, adherence.
The purpose of the OTIS Autoimmune Diseases in Pregnancy Study is to monitor planned and unplanned pregnancies exposed to certain medications, to evaluate the possible teratogenic effect of these medications and to follow live born infants for five years after birth. With respect to fetal outcome, it is important to evaluate the spectrum of outcomes that may be relevant to a medication exposure during pregnancy, and these include both easily recognizable defects which are visible at birth, as well as more subtle or delayed defects that may not be readily identifiable without special expertise and observation beyond the newborn period.
Background: - Inflammatory pustular skin diseases are a type of autoinflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the bodys tissues. These diseases cause painful and itchy skin rashes, eye and mouth irritation, joint pain and fever. Several drugs for treating these diseases suppress the immune system. However, they can cause severe side effects when taken over a long period of time. - Interleukin 1 (IL-1) is a small protein that may be important in causing the inflammation seen in pustular skin disease. Anakinra is a drug that works by blocking IL-1. It has been effective in treating some inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. However, anakinra has not been studied for use in patients with pustular skin disease. Researchers want to see whether anakinra will be effective in treating pustular skin disease. Objectives: - To see if anakinra can be used to treat inflammatory pustular skin disease. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have inflammatory pustular skin disease. Design: - Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Their disease will be evaluated with blood tests, urine tests and imaging studies. Skin biopsies may also be collected. - Participants will have an initial visit to receive the first dose of anakinra. They will be shown how to give themselves daily injections of anakinra. - Participants will take anakinra for up to 12 weeks as long as there are no severe side effects. During this time, they will keep a study diary to record the severity of any rashes, pustules, itching, fevers, and skin or joint pain. They will bring this diary to their study visits. - Participants will have study visits at weeks 4, 8 and 12. Treatment will be monitored at these visits with blood tests, urine tests and physical exams. Depending on the effects of the treatment, participants may have the dose of anakinra increased or decreased. - Participants will have a final study visit 4 weeks after they stop taking anakinra.
This study is an open-label, non-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of KHK4827 in subjects with pustular psoriasis (generalized) and psoriatic erythroderma. Pharmacokinetics of KHK4827 will also be assessed.
This study is designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of long-term exposure of KHK4827 in subjects with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who have completed the preceding Study 4827-002.
A multi-centre, randomised, dose ranging study to evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of GSK2586184 in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis. There will be 2 study cohorts (Cohorts A and B). Cohort A is the main study cohort, and this part of the study will be randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled. Fifty-six subjects will be randomised in Cohort A: 14 subjects in each treatment group: 100 mg, 200 mg or 400 mg GSK2586184, or placebo. Cohort B is an exploratory, open-label investigation of the effect of 400 mg GSK2586184 on inflammatory gene expression in the skin and whole blood, and GSK2586184 concentrations in the skin. A maximum of 8 subjects will be included, and all subjects will take 400 mg GSK2586184. In both Cohorts A and B, study medication will be administered orally (as tablets), twice daily, for up to 12 weeks. Each subject will have 7 out-patient visits: Screening; Baseline & Start of treatment; Week 2; Week 4; Week 8; Week 12; and Follow-up (Week 16)
This study is being done to learn more about a less common "type" of psoriasis, called palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). The majority of the current treatments used for this type of psoriasis have only a moderate effect on PPP. Thus, the investigators believe that PPP may be a different disease entity altogether, requiring different therapies. As such, the investigators hope to discover an immune signature for this condition. An immune "signature" is the unique way in which the combination of genes, cells, and proteins of the immune system work for each person. Because both psoriasis and the type of psoriasis patients have been diagnosed with, PPP, are conditions of abnormal immune system function, it is important to understand the overall function of the immune system in this condition (that is, find the immune "signature"). This study should help identify an immune system "signature" in people with PPP. The investigators have a laboratory technology which allows them to read the genetic "signatures" of a person's blood cells. Genes contain the instructions for making living things. Genes are contained in the cells' DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Most DNA is the same among humans, but the small differences people have in their DNA may explain why people develop different diseases. DNA and the genes it contains help produce RNA (ribonucleic acid), which in turn helps make proteins in people's cells. Differences in the types of proteins and the amount of those different proteins people's cells produce can affect a person's immune system. To help the investigators determine the immune "signature" in PPP, they will be examining the different genes, cells, and proteins that are active in patients with PPP versus patients who do not have the condition. The investigators will examine these genes, cells, and proteins in skin (through a skin sample) and in blood (through a blood draw). The goal is to develop new treatments for this skin condition. To do this, the investigators need to compare the skin and blood of patients with this particular type of psoriasis to the samples of healthy patients.
Background: - Cardiometabolic diseases are medical disorders that can occur together and affect the heart. They increase the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. One disorder, psoriasis, is an inflammation that mostly affects the skin but can affect the entire body. Another disorder, atherosclerosis, is a process in which cholesterol is gradually deposited on the wall of arteries. This causes arteries to harden and become less flexible. Many cells that cause psoriasis also cause atherosclerosis. Researchers want to look at the relationship between cardiometabolic diseases and psoriasis. Objectives: - To study the relationship between psoriasis and cardiometabolic diseases. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have psoriasis. Design: - Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. - Participants will have up to seven outpatient visits over the 4 years. The first visit will be a screening visit. Visits 2 will be12 months after visit 1. Visits 3, 4, and 5, will be scheduled yearly for the next 3 years. If participants have a psoriasis flare with more severe symptoms, they may have an extra visit. Those who leave the study early will have a final visit with the full series of tests. - At visits 1, 2,and 5, and any flare visits, participants will have a physical exam and medical history. They will provide blood and urine samples, as well as optional tissue biopsies. They will also have heart function tests. Imaging studies, as well as optional photographs of affected areas, will be performed. These tests will also be performed at the final visit. - At visits 3 and 4, participants will have a physical exam and medical history. They will also provide blood and urine samples, and have heart function tests.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the serum concentration of ixekizumab after administration using either prefilled syringe or auto-injector in participants with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Treatment period is followed by 40 weeks optional safety extension.
The purpose of this non-interventional, multicenter, post-marketing observational study (PMOS) was to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), plaque psoriasis (PS), Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) patients' adherence attitudes (beliefs) to maintenance therapy with adalimumab monotherapy or combination therapy with methotrexate (in participants with RA) and to investigate whether there were correlations between such beliefs and adherence to maintenance treatment.