Active clinical trials for "Keratosis"

The objective of this study was to obtain long-term sustained clearance rates for subjects previously treated with imiquimod creams in studies GW01-0702, GW01-0703, GW01-0704 and GW01-0705.

The purpose of the study is to obtain recurrence rates and long-term safety data for patients who had been treating actinic keratoses on the face and scalp with 5 % Imiquimod Cream in a previous study.

This is a 1-year follow-up study to evaluate the long-term effects in subjects who completely cleared their actinic keratosis (AK) lesions in the 1473-IMIQ study. The 1473-IMIQ study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of imiquimod 5% cream compared to a placebo cream for the treatment of AK.

This is a continuing study which evaluates the long-term safety and efficacy of oral acitretin in an open manner in the treatment of psoriasis, cutaneous disorders of keratinization, multiple basal cell carcinomas and other retinoid responsive diseases.

The diagnosis of cutaneous lesions often involves the use of surgical and invasive procedures such as biopsy or excision in order to analyze the structure and appearance of the fabric pathologists. With recent advances in optical and electronic fields, considerable efforts were produced to build high-performance optical instruments, able to transcribe the internal structure of the skin with varying degrees of depth and variable resolution. The imagery is now an area of great interest for medical diagnosis: non-invasive, quick, and in real time. This area is booming and new optical instruments are created to eventually be able to offer a reliable alternative to invasive techniques. The optical properties of different tissues have been studied for several years by different research groups: the coefficient of light absorption by the tissue both in vivo and in vitro, the coefficient of light scattering or the index refractive were characterized in various tissues that make up the skin. Other studies have focused on melanoma detection by multispectral optical techniques, or via the technique of optical coherence tomography (OCT) performed on lesions suspicious for cancer, but without linking criteria between these two techniques. However, no study to date and to our knowledge has been able to demonstrate the different optical parameters obtained with OCT and can be directly connected to known and histopathological parameters commonly used in the diagnosis of lesions skin. This study aims to verify if it is possible to determine the parameters measured in OCT that would discriminate between benign and malignant lesions.

The purpose of this study is to determine the potential effect of topically applied 3.75% imiquimod cream on atrial ectopy in actinic keratosis (AK) patients. The primary endpoint is the change in the 24-hour supraventricular premature beat count. The secondary endpoint is the change in 24-hour supraventricular premature couplet and run counts and atrial fibrillation (% time); change in 24-hour mean heart rate; change in 24-hour ventricular premature beat count, ventricular premature couplet and run counts.

To validate the use of Ultraviolet (UV) radiation sensor in patients with actinic keratosis, to identify barriers to its use in prospective longitudinal studies.

The study investigates if a computer-based clinical decision support tool for skin cancer may improve the diagnostic accuracy of general practitioners (GPs). The aim of the program is to help GPs increase their diagnostic accuracy, in particular regarding the selection of suspicious skin lesions that need biopsy or referral to specialist health care for further assessment. Half of the physicians in the trial will have the clinical decision support tool available during consultations, while the other half has no such tool available. We hypothesize that general practitioners using the clinical decision support tool will have a higher number of correct classifications of skin lesions compared to doctors without the tool.

Assessment of treatment success and quality of life in patients with actinic keratoses under therapy with Ingenol Mebutate (Picato) in a period of 8 weeks.

Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is the reference in vivo imaging technique for identifying malignant melanocytic tumors prior to surgical excision. However, it is not widely used due to its high cost and highly technical and time-consuming nature. In addition to RCM, we currently use 2 less expensive dermatoscopes that also allow in vivo diagnosis: super-high magnification dermoscopy (D400) and Fluorescence-Advanced videodermatoscopy (FAV).