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NCT number NCT00555178
Other study ID # 18-116 ex 06/07
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received November 7, 2007
Last updated May 6, 2015
Start date March 2008
Est. completion date December 2014

Study information

Verified date May 2015
Source Medical University of Graz
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Austria: Federal Ministry for Health and Women
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Polymorphic light eruption (PLE) is a photodermatosis with an extremely high prevalence, particularly among young women (up to 20%). The disease is characterized through itchy skin lesions on sun-exposed body sites occurring after sun exposure mostly in spring and early summer. Its etiopathogenesis is unknown but resistance to UV-induced immunosuppression with subsequent immune reactions against skin photoneoantigens has been suggested. Regulatory T cells (CD4+CD25+FoxP3+) (Tregs), a subset of T helper cells, are crucial for the induction of immunosuppression. We will test the hypothesis that PLE patients show pathogenic fluctuating Treg levels and function and related parameters over the seasons of the year, possibly being responsible for lack of immune modulation and autoimmunity in PLE. Natural or medical photohardening may normalize Treg deficiency in PLE and lead to clinical adaption in summer. Better insight into the pathogenesis of PLE may give clues to develop new therapeutic strategies.


Description:

PLE patients will be recruited through the Photodermatology Unit of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Eligible patients will be identified through diagnosis-related computer-assisted search in the electronic patient chart system of the Unit. The diagnosis of PLE will be verified by patient's history, clinical symptoms, histologic findings, laboratory studies and/or phototesting procedures.

The levels and function of Tregs, memory T cells, neutrophils, mast cells, Langerhans cells, cytokine and chemokine profiles, vitamin D levels in the blood and/or skin will be studied in PLE patients compared to control groups. Volunteers of four groups will be enrolled in this study: i) patients with PLE undergoing preventive medical UV photohardening in spring; ii) PLE patients not undergoing preventive UV photohardening; iii) healthy control subjects; and iv) patients with other diseases (including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and other conditions) undergoing therapeutic phototherapy.

Blood will be taken by venous puncture (mainly of a cubital vein) from the individual study participants at four defined time points during the year: (i) spring (March to April) (before medical photohardening in PLE patients); (ii) spring/early summer (April to June) (immediately after medical photohardening of PLE patients); (iii) late summer (August to September); and (iv) late fall (November to December). In addition, optional skin biopsies will be taken to study the parameters listed above. The statistical power analysis (alpha 0.05; power 0.8; assumed difference in Treg level/function of 30% among groups; based on the data by Myara et al., 2005) revealed that 23 patients (21+2 expected drop-outs) need to be enrolled per patient group. All patients of the non-PLE groups will be sex- and age (plus/minus 5 years)-matched to the PLE subjects.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 92
Est. completion date December 2014
Est. primary completion date December 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age above 18 years

- Patients with confirmed PLE diagnosis either by typical anamnesis and/or typical histology of lesions and/or positive phototesting results (group 1 and 2); healthy subjects (group 3); patients with phototherapy-responsive disease (including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and other conditions (group 4).

- Good general health status

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence or history of malignant skin tumors

- Dysplastic melanocytic nevus syndrome

- Certain photosensitive disorders (including porphyria, chronic actinic dermatitis, Xeroderma pigmentosum, basal cell nevus syndrome)

- Autoimmune disease (lupus erythematodes, scleroderma, dermatomyositis)

- Systemic treatment with steroids and/or other immunosuppressive drugs within the last 6 months

- Antinuclear antibodies (ds-DNA, Ro, La)

- First-degree relatives of PLE patients (exclusion criterion for group 3 and 4

- Pregnancy and breastfeeding

- Ongoing or planned specific hyposensitization treatment (i.e. specific immunotherapy)

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective


Locations

Country Name City State
Austria Medical University of Graz Graz
Austria Medical University of Graz, Department of Dermatology Graz

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Medical University of Graz

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Treg level and function Prospective No
Secondary Blood and/or skin cytokine and chemokine levels, vitamin D status, and other immunoregulatory parameters (see above) prospective No
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