Active clinical trials for "Eczema"

Occupational hand eczema (OHE) is a frequent disease which often takes a chronic course. The burden of the disease is high in a personal as well as in a socio-economic context. There is a need for evaluating new strategies to improve the prognosis for OHE patients. The objectives of the study is to evaluate the effect of group education on sick lave, health-related quality of life and disease severity among individuals with newly notified OHE. The trial population consist of individuals from the Capital Region of Denmark and Region Zealand with a suspected skin-related industrial injury notified to the Danish National Board of Industrial Injuries (DNBII). Recruitment is started Juli 2012, and will continue until the designed number of participants have been included. All participants will be assessed in a questionnaire at time T=0 with regard to: self evaluated disease severity, health-related quality of life, skin protective behaviour, knowledge of skin protection, self-efficacy, work-role function and if active in workforce. The participants will then be randomised. The intervention group will be invited to participate in the educative course, and work place visits will be offered. In the intervention group a telephone hot line will be available for further questions concerning these topics. The control group will not have access to any of these interventions. Both intervention group and control group will be contacted every eighth week about number of days of sick leave/absence from workforce. Both groups are re-assessed using a questionnaire at T=12 months. There will be a total of 742 included participants. .

This study will determine the safety and efficacy of diluted bleach bath solution as final rinse on the reduction of Staphylococcus aureus colonization among children and adult Filipinos with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis..

Protocol Title: Open-label,single center study to evaluate the savety and efficacy of an intramuscular 12 week-course of Alefacept in patients with atopic dermatitis. Study Phase: II Study Design: Open-label, single center Primary Study Objective: to determine the safety and efficacy of one course of Alefasept when administered as a 15 mg intramuscular ( IM) injektion to patients with atopic dermatitis Secondary Study Objective: to investigate key immunological parameters involved in the pathology of this common skin disease to interpret the clinical findings Number of patients: 10 Study Population: Male and female patients, at least 18 years of age with atopic dermatitis, aktive inflammation, a severity score of 6-9 according to Langeland and Rajika and an EASI of >20 Treatment Groups: Alefacept will be administered as a 15 mg IM injection once a week for 12 weeks, followed by a 12-week follow-up period.

Many patients with eczema (atopic dermatitis) have an inherent defect in their skin barrier as demonstrated by high water loss. In laboratory conditions, studies have shown that pioglitazone restores the skin barrier function in skin from eczema patients. The purpose of this study is to determine if taking pioglitazone improves the skin barrier function in people with eczema.

This study is designed to determine whether the addition of topical Altabax (R) to a treatment regimen of topical corticosteroid therapy speeds clearance of atopic dermatitis and improves quality of life.

Historically, participation in clinical trials has been skewed towards certain groups. However, research on the factors that influence participation, both positive and negative, is limited. Eczema clinical trial patients help us identify these factors by sharing trial experiences during the course of the observational medical study. This study will include a diverse group of participants to gather a wide range of information on clinical trial experiences. The collected data will then be used to benefit future eczema patients who are considering participating in a clinical study.

Sleep disturbance is very common in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and is a major factor leading to impaired quality of life. Nocturnal scratching is one of the factors causing sleep disturbance in AD patients. This study aims to develop and validate a digital algorithm for accurately and reliably detecting and quantifying nocturnal scratch behaviors related to AD using wrist actigraphy data. Wrist actigraphy is an investigational device being developed to detect and quantify scratching behaviors in patients with AD. This study will be conducted in 2 sequential stages: In Stage 1, an algorithm will be developed and in Stage 2 the algorithm developed will be validated. Adult healthy volunteers or participants with AD will be enrolled. Approximately 14 healthy volunteers, 14 AD patients with low disease activity and 28 AD patients with high disease activity will be enrolled in the study in 5 sites across the United States. No drug will be administered as a part of this study. Participants enrolled in this study may experience discomfort or inconvenience related to the study procedures. Participants will be enrolled and monitored overnight for two consecutive nights at an inpatient setting at a hospital or clinic. The impact of nocturnal scratching on sleep parameters will be assessed by videography, actigraphy, sleep headband and completing questionnaires.

The aim of the study is to deliver a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms used by S. epidermidis strains in their adhesion and colonization on the stratum corneum across a broad spectrum of atopic dermatitis in mild to moderate conditions in adult patients.

This is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in patients, ≥12 years of age who weigh ≥40 kg, and are diagnosed with moderate-to-severe AD.

Complementary and alternative medicine are increasingly used all around the world and more specifically in chronic diseases such as atopic dermatitis. Sociodemographic and disease determinants associated with their use remain unclear. Moreover, most of studies involved children and little data are available for adults. The main objective of this study is to identify factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use in children and adults suffering from atopic dermatitis. The secondary objectives are to determine the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use, the main forms used and their modalities of use, patients' motivations for using these therapies and sources of information. Patients of all ages consulting for their atopic dermatitis at the dermatology or pediatric allergology department of Nancy University Hospital over a 6 months period will be asked to fill out a questionnaire about their pathology and their use of complementary and alternative medicine. This questionnaire will be collected before they leave the hospital.