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NCT number NCT03263624
Other study ID # ltns
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 4
First received August 23, 2017
Last updated August 25, 2017
Start date October 1, 2017
Est. completion date November 1, 2018

Study information

Verified date August 2017
Source Assiut University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Nail psoriasis has a high incidence amongst patients with psoriasis.It is estimated to affect 80% of psoriatic patients at some time during their lives and has a significant adverse influence on their quality of life.

Treatment of nail psoriasis is disappointing, as it is refractory to treatment, with conventional therapies often having little effect.


Description:

The characteristic lesions affecting the nail present as 'oil drop' discoloration, splinter haemorrhages, subungual hyperkeratosis, and onycholysis in the nail bed or pitting, leuconychia, erythema of the lunula and crumbling in the nail matrix.Diagnosis is customarily made by patient history and physical examination, though it may be necessary to rule out onychomycosis as a differential diagnosis.

The nail psoriasis severity index has recently been reported as a possible reproducible, objective, and simple tool for clinical assessment of psoriatic nail disease.

The modified target nail psoriasis severity index has been proposed for target nail assessment which would give a degree of gradation for each parameter of 0 to 3 (0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, and 3 = severe) in each quadrant.The topical therapies include topical and intralesional corticosteroids , topical vitamin D3 analogues (calcipotriol) , topical tacrolimus and tazarotene[8]. The efficacy of these topical therapies in nail disease is limited mainly by the impenetrability or low penetrability of the nail and nail matrix. In patients with nail psoriasis that is resistant to topical therapies, conventional systemic therapies (e.g., phototherapy, retinoids, cyclosporine, methotrexate) have been shown to be partially effective. More recently, biological therapies (e.g., infliximab, adalimumab, alefacept, etanercept) have proven efficacy in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and some are effective in treating nail disease in patients with psoriasis .

Previous study proved successful treatment of onychodystrophy using fractional carbon dioxide laser with topical steroid. Fractional Carbon dioxide laser might be an effective therapy for nail psoriasis due to its ablative ability which produce microscopic holes that perhaps improve topical drug delivery. Moreover it was hypothesized that tissue ablation and remodelling process stimulate rejuvenation of the abnormal nail bed.The investigators hypothesized that the combination of Fractional carbon dioxide laser and topical tazarotene treatment will have a higher therapeutic effect on nail psoriasis through multiple mechanism.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date November 1, 2018
Est. primary completion date October 1, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

1. Thirty patients with bilateral fingernail psoriasis will be recruited from the Dermatology Outpatient Clinic, Assiut University Hospital.

2. The diagnosis will be based upon the clinical characteristics of nail psoriasis.

3. Patients will be included after they have stopped any systemic therapy for at least 8 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

1. pregnant or lactating woman

2. patients with history of photosensitivity.

3. Patients who discontinued or just started to receive new systemic therapy or phototherapy during the study period will be dropped from the study.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
fractional carbon dioxide laser
One hand of each patient will receive three sessions of fractional carbon dioxide laser at four- week interval.
Drug:
Tazarotene Cream 0.1%
tazarotene cream 0.1% once daily

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assiut University

References & Publications (13)

Cassell SE, Bieber JD, Rich P, Tutuncu ZN, Lee SJ, Kalunian KC, Wu CW, Kavanaugh A. The modified Nail Psoriasis Severity Index: validation of an instrument to assess psoriatic nail involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2007 Jan;34(1):123-9. — View Citation

Fischer-Levancini C, Sánchez-Regaña M, Llambí F, Collgros H, Expósito-Serrano V, Umbert-Millet P. Nail psoriasis: treatment with tazarotene 0.1% hydrophilic ointment. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2012 Oct;103(8):725-8. Epub 2012 Jul 19. English, Spanish. — View Citation

Grover C, Reddy BS, Uma Chaturvedi K. Diagnosis of nail psoriasis: importance of biopsy and histopathology. Br J Dermatol. 2005 Dec;153(6):1153-8. — View Citation

Jiaravuthisan MM, Sasseville D, Vender RB, Murphy F, Muhn CY. Psoriasis of the nail: anatomy, pathology, clinical presentation, and a review of the literature on therapy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007 Jul;57(1):1-27. Review. — View Citation

Lim EH, Seo YJ, Lee JH, Im M. Onychodystrophy treated using fractional carbon dioxide laser therapy and topical steroids: new treatment options for nail dystrophy. Dermatol Surg. 2013 Dec;39(12):1931-3. doi: 10.1111/dsu.12365. Epub 2013 Oct 26. — View Citation

Maranda EL, Nguyen AH, Lim VM, Hafeez F, Jimenez JJ. Laser and light therapies for the treatment of nail psoriasis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016 Aug;30(8):1278-84. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13678. Epub 2016 May 26. Review. — View Citation

Oram Y, Akkaya AD. Treatment of nail psoriasis: common concepts and new trends. Dermatol Res Pract. 2013;2013:180496. doi: 10.1155/2013/180496. Epub 2013 May 13. — View Citation

Rich P, Scher RK. Nail Psoriasis Severity Index: a useful tool for evaluation of nail psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Aug;49(2):206-12. — View Citation

Rigopoulos D, Gregoriou S, Katsambas A. Treatment of psoriatic nails with tazarotene cream 0.1% vs. clobetasol propionate 0.05% cream: a double-blind study. Acta Derm Venereol. 2007;87(2):167-8. — View Citation

Salomon J, Szepietowski JC, Proniewicz A. Psoriatic nails: a prospective clinical study. J Cutan Med Surg. 2003 Jul-Aug;7(4):317-21. Epub 2003 Jul 28. — View Citation

Sánchez-Regaña M, Aldunce Soto MJ, Belinchón Romero I, Ribera Pibernat M, Lafuente-Urrez RF, Carrascosa Carrillo JM, Ferrándiz Foraster C, Puig Sanz L, Daudén Tello E, Vidal Sarró D, Ruiz-Villaverde R, Fonseca Capdevila E, Rodríguez Cerdeira MC, Alsina Gibert MM, Herrera Acosta E, Marrón Moya SE; en representación del Grupo Español de Psoriasis de la Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología. Evidence-based guidelines of the spanish psoriasis group on the use of biologic therapy in patients with psoriasis in difficult-to-treat sites (nails, scalp, palms, and soles). Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2014 Dec;105(10):923-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2014.02.015. Epub 2014 May 19. English, Spanish. — View Citation

Treewittayapoom C, Singvahanont P, Chanprapaph K, Haneke E. The effect of different pulse durations in the treatment of nail psoriasis with 595-nm pulsed dye laser: a randomized, double-blind, intrapatient left-to-right study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 May;66(5):807-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.12.015. Epub 2012 Jan 13. — View Citation

Vélez NF, Jellinek NJ. Response to onychodystrophy treated using fractional carbon dioxide laser therapy and topical steroids. Dermatol Surg. 2014 Jul;40(7):801-2. doi: 10.1111/DSU.0000000000000036. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary percentage of clinically improved patients using modified nail psoriasis severity index. clinical assessment using modified nail psoriasis severity index. three months
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