Patient Preference of Taclonex Ointment to Taclonex Scalp Suspension in Adult Subjects With Psoriasis Vulgaris (PSTaclonex)
Plaque Psoriasis
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Plaque Psoriasis focused on measuring plaque psoriasis, taclonex, crossover
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject is male or female, age 18 or older, in good health.
- Subject has plaque-type psoriasis- no history of or current pustular, erythrodermic or guttate psoriasis.
- Subject is capable of understanding and willing to provide a signed and dated written voluntary informed consent before any protocol specific procedures are performed.
- The percentage of overall body surface involvement is between 1-10% on the trunk or extremities and is amenable to topical treatment with less than 100g of topical medication per week.
- The subject has an investigator global assessment of mild to moderate plaque psoriasis (severity index between 2 and 3 on a 5 point scale).
- The subject is able to complete the study and comply with study instructions, including attending all study visits.
- If a female subject of childbearing potential, subject has a negative urine pregnancy test. Sexually active women of childbearing potential participating in the study must have been using a medically acceptable form of contraception (which includes barrier methods, oral contraception, injectable or implantable methods, or intrauterine devices) for at least three months prior to entry into the study. A woman of childbearing potential is defined as one who is biologically capable of becoming pregnant. Abstinence is considered an acceptable method of contraception.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject has used experimental drugs or devices at least one month prior to Baseline.
- Subject has used systemic corticosteroid, phototherapy, retinoids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, or other immunosuppressive agents or biologics therapy (ie, alefacept, etanercept, efalizumab) within four weeks of Baseline.
- Subject has used topical therapy, corticosteroid therapy, topical vitamin D analog or calcineurin inhibitors or , tazarotene within two weeks prior to the Baseline visit (eg, tar, anthralin, salicylic acid, lactic acid, urea preparations).
- Subject has other serious skin disorder or any chronic medical condition that is not well controlled.
- Subject has clinically relevant abnormal vital signs or findings on the physical examination.
- Subject has major illness within 30 days prior to the Baseline visit.
- Subject has history of any immunocompromising disease.
- Subject is pregnant or nursing. Pregnant and nursing females will not be allowed in the study, and females of childbearing potential will have a pregnancy test at Baseline.
- Subject has a skin condition or disease that may require concurrent therapy or may confound the evaluation; a history of hypersensitivity to any of the formulation components; or atopic dermatitis.
Sites / Locations
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Taclonex Ointment First
Taclonex Scalp Suspension first
All subjects will use Taclonex® (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064%) Ointment once daily for three days to affected areas, then switch to Taclonex Scalp® (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064%) Topical Suspension once daily to affected areas for three days
All subjects will use Taclonex Scalp® (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064%) Topical Suspension once daily to affected areas for three days, then switch to Taclonex® (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064%) Ointment once daily for three days to affected areas,