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Filter by:Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a chronic autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease primarily affecting the elderly with a significant risk of mortality and morbidity. Various inflammatory cells such as eosinophils, lymphocytes, neutrophils and their granulopoiesis play an important role in the pathogenesis of BP. Infiltration of peripheral blood eosinophils, lymphocytes, and neutrophils into the skin is considered a major feature of BP, making it a heterogeneous disease with different histologic and clinical subtypes. This clinical study was conducted to further investigate the impact of different pathologic phenotypes of BP on the treatment and prognosis of the disease. A retrospective epidemiologic investigative approach was used,and case collection included demographic information, medical history, clinical manifestations, and histopathologic features. Including gender, age, duration of disease, number of days of hospitalization, mucosal involvement, clinical diagnosis before admission, histopathological diagnosis, laboratory tests, concomitant diseases, treatment and its changes in laboratory indexes before and after treatment.
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering disorder most commonly affecting the older population between 60-80 years old. The characteristic feature of BP is itchy patches associated with blisters and erosions. BP significantly affects the patient's quality of life as it causes physical discomfort with itchy patches, blisters, and erosions. Several pieces of evidence from previous studies showed that the production of autoantibodies against the hemidesmosomal anchoring proteins BP180 (Bullous Pemphigoid antigen (BPAG 2)) and BP230 (BPAG 1) is the most common cause for bullous pemphigoid. Therapeutic latency, lack of efficacy in many patients, and adverse drug reactions are the primary concerns in the current bullous pemphigoid treatment paradigm, including high-dose steroid treatment. To overcome these treatment challenges, combination therapy with agents having a steroid-sparing effect like mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, and Methotrexate are tested as an add-on to low-dose steroids. 8So other immunosuppressive agents with better safety profiles and more efficacy, like Dapsone and Methotrexate as an add-on to low-dose steroids, can be used. Investigator's literature search found no randomized controlled trial with Dapsone versus Methotrexate as an add-on to first-line steroid has been conducted to compare the efficacy and safety in bullous pemphigoid patients. So, a randomized controlled trial has been planned to evaluate the safety and efficacy of add-on methotrexate versus Dapsone in bullous pemphigoid patients.
The objective of the program is to provide patients with Bullous Pemphigoid (BP), that participated in the R668-BP-1902 (NCT04206553) phase 2/3 study, dupilumab treatment and evaluate the long-term safety of dupilumab.
ARGX-113-2010 is an open-label extension study with the aim to provide supporting evidence that efgartigimod PH20 SC is a safe and effective long-term treatment for bullous pemphigoid (BP), providing symptom control and eventually remission, while also reducing the cumulative exposure to oral corticosteroids (OCS). All participants who complete the end-of-treatment period (EoTP) visit at week 36 in ARGX-113-2009 will be invited to enroll. In ARGX-113-2009, participants received efgartigimod PH20 SC or placebo with concurrent OCS, or rescue therapy (without efgartigimod PH20 SC or placebo). Depending on their clinical status at the time of rollover into ARGX-113-2010, participants may stop, continue or initiate efgartigimod PH20 SC treatment. In ARGX-113-2010, participants will stop efgartigimod PH20 SC treatment when they achieve complete remission (CR) or partial remission (PR) while being off other concurrent BP therapy for at least 8 weeks. Participants not in CR or PR while off OCS for ≥8 weeks and not on rescue therapy will either start or continue efgartigimod PH20 SC treatment, while maintaining the treatment allocation of ARGX-113-2009 blinded. Participants may also be retreated with efgartigimod PH20 SC after a relapse. In this study, loading doses of 2000 mg (on day 1 and day 8 of a treatment course) and weekly maintenance doses of 1000 mg will be used.
This study was designed to be a retrospective, multicentre, observational study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dupilumab in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid and to find predictors of efficacy.
This study assesses the disinfectant and healing promoting effect of ozonated olive oil in treatment of pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid in comparison to conventional topical treatment with topical antibiotic.
The aim of the study is to validate a global and simple score : IGA (Investigator Global Assessment) score for the evaluation of the extent and severity of the disease in patients with bullous pemphigoid
Pemphigus is a rare autoimmune life-threatening blistering condition affecting skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus belongs to a family of polygenic disorders. Several different genes encoding molecules regulate pemphigus autoimmunity. Many trials focused on HLA investigation. Increased levels of certain HLA class II alleles frequencies in pemphigus have been reported in various populations. However, they were not investigated in the Russian population. The aim of our study is to investigate HLA class II alleles and haplotypes in Russian patients with pemphigus. Methods Patients and controls We are recruiting 120 patients with pemphigus. The diagnosis was based on clinical and histopathological findings and confirmed by immunofluorescent techniques (direct and indirect immunofluorescent tests). Before sampling, written consent was obtained from each subject. A single blood sample for HLA typing was obtained from all subjects. This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Sechenov University, Russia. Phenotypic and allelic frequencies were compared with healthy blood donors (n=100) registered in Sechenov University blood center.
ARGX-113-2009 is an operationally seamless 2-part, phase 2/3, prospective, global, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study to investigate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, participant-reported outcome measures (including those assessing participant QoL), PK, and PD of efgartigimod PH20 SC administered via subcutaneous (SC) injection in adult participants with moderate to severe BP. This study intends to demonstrate that efgartigimod is an effective and safe treatment for BP, providing participants with control of disease activity (CDA) and eventually remission while reducing their cumulative exposure to OCS. study will consist of 2 parts: - Part A of the study is a phase 2 evaluation that intends to provide proof of concept for the therapeutic activity of efgartigimod PH20 SC in participants with BP. - Part B of the study is a phase 3 evaluation that intends to confirm the results obtained from part A in a separate, larger group of participants with BP. An interim analysis will be performed during part A (on data obtained through week 26 for all Part A participants) to assess the primary endpoint and several secondary endpoints, confirm the appropriate sample size for part B of the study, and determine whether the efficacy results observed through week 26 of part A warrant continued study of efgartigimod PH20 SC for the treatment of participants with BP (futility analysis). Other than differences in main goals, endpoints, and statistical analyses, parts A and B are identical in schedule, structure, assessments, and conduct.
A phase III two-part study of nomacopan, a bifunctional inhibitor of complement component C5 and leukotriene B4 (LTB4), for the treatment of moderate and severe bullous pemphigoid. There is evidence that both terminal complement activation (via C5) and the lipid mediator LTB4 may have a central role in driving the disease. In this study patients will be randomized to receive either nomacopan plus oral corticosteroids (OCS) or placebo plus OCS for a treatment period of 24 weeks. OCS will be tapered over the course of the treatment if the symptoms of disease improve.