Active clinical trials for "Eczema"

This is a randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled, Phase 2 study in subjects with moderate AD.

The purpose of the study is to compare the changes in the appearance of dry skin after the use various moisturizers: white petrolatum ointment, coconut oil, jojoba oil, and almond oil in patients with dry skin.

The aim of the trial is to assess Adrenal Suppression potential when pediatric subjects are administered Product 0405 for the treatment of Atopic Dermatitis

The purpose of this research study is to better understand how the study drug works when people use it to treat atopic dermatitis.

Unlike healthy control skin, the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) is frequently colonized by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), putting these patients at increased risk of S. aureus skin infections. In addition, research in the investigator's lab has shown that these patients have fewer protective antimicrobial Staphylococcal species such as Staphylococcal epidermidis (S. epidermidis) that are known to produce antimicrobial peptides that play a role in protecting the skin from invading pathogens. In this study, the investigator will attempt to decrease S. aureus colonization and increase colonization by protective Staph species in AD patients. First the investigator will capture the bacteria on subjects' lesional AD skin. Next the investigator will selectively grow the subject's antimicrobial Staphylococcal colonies and place them into a base moisturizer. The moisturizer plus bacteria will be applied to one of the subject's arms, and the moisturizer alone (without bacteria) to the other arm. The investigator will then do a quantitative wash of the bacteria growing on each arm one day later in order to determine whether the S. aureus abundance was affected by the application of the transplanted bacteria.

The clinical study consists of three parts: Part 1 with healthy volunteers. Part 2 and Part 3 including subjects with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (a skin disease). For Part 1 the main goal of the study is to compare the safety, tolerability, and exposure of administration of the test drug via an injection in a skin layer just under the surface (subcutaneous), to administration of the test drug into the vein (intravenous). For Part 2 and Part 3 the main goal of the study is to assess the safety and tolerability of administration of the test drug via an injection in a skin layer just under the surface (subcutaneous) during 12 weeks of treatment.

This proof of concept study aims to assess in patients suffering from atopic dermatitis if polymeric microparticles reach the pilosebaceous follicles of inflamed skin.

Atopic Dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema, is a common skin disease characterized by itchy lesions. The prevalence of AD has increased over the past few decades, with 15-30% of children and 2-10% of adults being affected. The lesions of atopic dermatitis patients are very inflamed, with an increased number of inflammatory cells in the skin. The first line treatment for AD is steroids, which reduce inflammation in the skin. There are several ways to measure if the treatment is effective, including clinical and cellular. We are proposing that a controlled skin allergen challenge will be an effective way to measure the effect of steroid at a cellular level through the measurement of inflammatory cells in the late cutaneous response. This will be examined using a placebo-controlled trial.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of additional nursing instruction for the caregivers of newly diagnosed pediatric atopic dermatitis patients at the University of Missouri Dermatology clinic.

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic relapsing disease, which is highly prevalent in children (15%). Therapeutic patient education (TPE) has been recognized as a key priority topic for future AD research. The strongest evidence in favour of TPE efficacy in AD comes from a large study assessing repeated multi-disciplinary group education sessions in a hospital setting. However, this type of intervention is both resource and time consuming and is not adapted to typical French practice. However, in some french dermatology centers, simple "first level" nurse-led TPE interventions are offered in addition to physicians consultations. Unfortunately, the content of these interventions seems to vary greatly depending on the caregiver and the center and the benefits of these practices have not yet been assessed. Therefore, nurse-led TPE is not considered as current care in France for AD patients. Thus, there is a need to rigorously assess the benefits of additional, well-structured, simple nurse-led individual TPE interventions for children with AD and their families compared to standard care alone. This study will be the first large, adequately powered, multicenter RCT trial assessing this type of intervention in children with AD.