Active clinical trials for "Acne Vulgaris"

To assess the efficacy and safety of different concentrations of CD5789 cream in participants with acne vulgaris for the purpose of dose identification.

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) may improve acne vulgaris major polyphenolic constituent in green tea known as potent anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, and antimicrobial activities lipid-lowering and antiandrogenic properties was reported EGCG can improve acne vulgaris via one of the above mentioned actions.

The purpose of this study is to study the effects of topical Vitamin D cream (Calcipotriene, also known as Dovonex) on acne. The information gained from this study may lead to new treatments for acne. In this study, Calcipotriene will be compared with a placebo, a cream that looks like Calcipotriene, but contains no active ingredients.

This research study aims to compare different methods for helping difficult to treat or scarring (cystic) acne, ALA-PDT and i-PDT. There is an investigational procedure called photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) that has been reported to be very efficient for acne treatment since 2000. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a drug called ALA (aminolevulinic acid), which is marketed as Levulan®. Levulan® is applied directly to facial/back acne. This is the way that it is usually applied. Levulan® is left on the skin for three hours so the skin can absorb it. Next, the skin where the Levulan® was applied is exposed to a red light for activation. The sebaceous glands get obstructed and inflamed causing acne. ALA gets down under your skin through the skin pores to where the glands are. PDT destroys the glands reducing the acne lesion. Levulan® is absorbed by normal skin surrounding the oil glands. Therefore, this procedure also has some side effects. Some of the side effects include pain, burning sensation during the procedure, and redness, tenderness, and swelling after the procedure. At Massachusetts General Hospital's Wellman Center for Photomedicine, the investigators developed another procedure called inhibitory-PDT (i-PDT) that is similar to ALA-PDT. i-PDT is aimed at reducing the side-effects of ALA- PDT. The difference between these two procedures is that i-PDT uses a light source that will prevent Levulan® accumulation in the normal skin surface. The investigators would like to find out if Levulan® will be placed only inside the sebaceous glands.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether gevokizumab is effective in the treatment of moderate to severe acne vulgaris.

Acne is one of the most common conditions that patients seek for help in dermatological clinic. Nowadays, conventional treatment including topical agents(retinoids, antibiotics ,antiseptics and keratolytic agents) and systemic agents( antibiotics and retinoids) give a satisfying result but not to every patient. Some patients are not well respond to conventional therapy while some patients are unable to tolerate side effects of the treatments. Therefore, interventions to reduce acne are vigorously experimented . Lights and lasers including intense pulsed light, pulsed dye laser with or without photosensitizer and infrared lasers have been found to be useful in treating active inflammatory acne. Although,pain ,downtime and poor response of comedonal acne are limitations of those lights and lasers therapy. 2940 nm Erbium:YAG laser which has both resurfacing and photothermal effects is our laser of interest to seek for its efficacy in the treatment of inflammatory acne.

This is a multicenter, randomized, single-blinded (investigator's blinded), active-controlled (clindamycin [CLDM] 1% gel), parallel-group study in Japanese subjects with acne vulgaris to demonstrate the efficacy of GSK2585823 (CLDM 1%-benzoyl peroxide [BPO] 3% gel) when applied once or twice daily for 12 weeks. This study will also evaluate the safety of GSK2585823 when applied topically either once or twice daily for 12 weeks.

To compare the tolerability of Epiduo® (adapalene and benzoyl peroxide) Gel 0.1%/2.5% to Retin-A Micro® (tretinoin gel) microsphere when used by subjects with acne vulgaris for 3 weeks in terms of local tolerability parameters (erythema, dryness, scaling, stinging/burning) and preference.

To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of 3 strengths of P005672-HCl compared to placebo for the treatment of moderate to severe facial acne vulgaris.

The purpose of this study is assess the safety and tolerability of lemuteporfin topical solution (LTS) with exposure to red light (PDT), when applied to the backs of healthy volunteers.