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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine the superiority and efficacy of infliximab induction therapy in chinese participants with moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis (scaly skin rash) compared with placebo (an inactive substance that is compared with a drug to test whether the drug has a real effect in a clinical trial).
Psoriasis is a chronic relapsing prevalent inflammatory disease affecting 2-4% of the world's population. Severe psoriasis is a disabling disease affecting the physical and emotional well being of patients, and its effect on quality of life is similar to that seen with other major medical diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. Lately, it is increasingly being recognized that psoriasis is not merely a skin disease but is probably associated with other co-morbidities such as psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, the metabolic syndrome and cardio-vascular diseases (CVD). The metabolic syndrome is a combination of diabetes mellitus type II (or insulin resistance), hypertension, central obesity, and combined hyperlipidemia (elevated LDL; decreased HDL; elevated triglycerides). As the literature linking psoriasis and the metabolic syndrome expands, also reports of an increased rate of CVD mortality in psoriasis patients accumulates. These data emphasize that metabolic dysregulations are the leading risk factors for occlusive vascular events and early death in patients with severe psoriasis. Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of these apparently diverse diseases has discovered that low-grade systemic inflammation might be the common physiological pathway that may provide the biological plausibility of the associations discovered in the epidemiological studies. Since some of these co-morbidities often become clinically apparent years after the onset of psoriasis we assume that controlling systemic inflammation might prevent or reverse some of these co-morbidities. Presently there is no study in psoriasis that shows that a "systemic" co-morbidity can be prevented or treated by reversing skin inflammation.
This study will document to what extent in daily clinical practice Humira therapy is continued, interrupted or permanently discontinued during a follow-up period of 2 years. Reasons for interrupting or permanently discontinuing Humira therapy and reasons for restarting Humira therapy will be noted.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the investigational lotion is an effective treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in comparison to an approved cream.
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety of CP-690,550 in patients being treated for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. This is an open label extension study available to patients who participated in one of the qualifying studies with CP-690,550 providing entry criteria is met.
The purpose of the study is to examine and compare the effects of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program and the Living Well (LW) program on adults with psoriasis in terms of how these programs may affect their psoriasis, immune function, physical and emotional health, and well-being.
Adalimumab has recently been authorized for active psoriasis in Peru and local experience is very low. The aim of this study is to obtain Peruvian data of clinical effectiveness and impact on health-related quality of life with the use of adalimumab in participants with chronic plaque psoriasis complying with the dosing and monitoring recommendations of the local approved label.
The survey will be conducted with regard to the following aspects of treatment with Humira (adalimumab) in patients with psoriasis vulgaris and psoriatic arthritis receiving this drug: - unknown adverse drug reactions, especially clinically significant adverse reactions - incidence and conditions of occurrence of adverse reactions in the clinical setting - factors that may affect the safety and effectiveness of Humira.
This double-blind, placebo-controlled study will be conducted at 5 study centers in the United States. Approximately 30 subjects with moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis will take part. The study will consist of a screening period of up to 21 days, a 12-week treatment period with 7 on-treatment clinic visits (approximately one every 2 weeks) and a post-dosing follow-up clinic visit approximately 30 days after the last dose of study drug is taken. Subjects will be randomized to receive either 250mg, 500mg or 1000mg of study drug or placebo. Study drug will be taken by mouth on a full stomach, every day for 84 days. Vital signs, clinical laboratory results (hematology, chemistry, and urinalysis), ECGs and physical examinations will be assessed at periodic intervals from Day 1 through Day 84. A skin biopsy will be taken at the beginning and the end of the dosing period to evaluate any effects of the study drug on psoriasis. Investigators will perform other psoriasis evaluations (including the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index [PASI] and the Physician's Global Assessment [PGA] at 5 different times throughout the study to quantify the effects of SRT2104 on psoriasis activity. Subjects will complete questionnaires throughout the study, to document their sense of well-being and mood at 4 different times during the study. Five blood samples will be obtained at different timepoints during the study, to measure the amount of SRT2104 in the body.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of a new product, Psoralait, as compared to a placebo in the treatment of psoriasis.