Active clinical trials for "Neurodermatitis"

In this study it will be investigated if patients with atopic dermatitis responding to EPOGAM treatment, show a significant increase of dihomo-gamma-linolic acid in the blood.

The purpose of the study is to explore the safety, clinical effect, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics of CDX-0159 (barzolvolimab) in patients with Prurigo Nodularis.

This study is a prospective, multinational, observational investigation designed to elucidate the real-world effectiveness and treatment patterns of dupilumab therapy in adult patients diagnosed with prurigo nodularis (PN). The primary objective of this study is to comprehensively characterize the real-world usage of dupilumab for the management of PN. In addition to this, the study aims to achieve several secondary objectives, including a detailed assessment of the medical history, socio-demographic and disease characteristics of dupilumab-treated PN patients, as well as the evaluation of the long-term real-world effectiveness of dupilumab therapy for PN.

This trial will include: Study period up to 7 months. Office visits monthly lasting approximately 1 hour. Blood Draws. Oral medication that is taken 2 times daily. Photographs and biopsies if agreed.

Corticosteroid therapy, including intralesional and topical applications, has many indications within the fields of Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, and Orthopedics. However, these injections can be quite painful, which leads many patients to discontinue treatment. Often, the injection involves a mixture of local anesthetic and corticosteroids despite a lack of evidence that the use of lidocaine improves pain. Due to the acidic pH, the lidocaine component of the injection can actually cause a significant burning sensation during the procedure. Lidocaine does not have anti-inflammatory properties and does not treat the underlying pathology. By including another medication, lidocaine also adds cost and risk to the procedure. The purpose of this study is to see if removing lidocaine from intralesional injections decreases the pain of injection.

Participants with diseases characterized by chronic pruritus experiencing moderate to severe pruritus will be enrolled in this pilot Phase 2 study. The diseases characterized by chronic pruritus investigated in this pilot study currently include chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU), chronic idiopathic pruritus (CIP), lichen planus (LP), lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) and plaque psoriasis (PPs).

The objective of the study was to determine sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of "Three Rings Vulvoscopy" for detection of vulvar dermatosis using histopathology as the reference standard.

This study will evaluate the anti-pruritic effect of apremilast in patients with known PN.

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a common dermatological disorder, manifested as scaly nodules which appear mainly on the extensor surfaces of the limbs. PN may appear secondarily to skin scratching in chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, uremia, hypothyroidism etc. Nevertheless, in many cases no underlying physical disease is present. According to the literature, in fifty percent of the patients there is co-morbidity with depression, anxiety or somatoform disorders. We hypothesize that a group of these patients may benefit from antidepressant therapy.

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a skin condition characterized by symmetrically distributed widespread, pruritic nodules that occurs in patients with chronic pruritus. There are 2 subtypes of PN depending on the association with an atopic dermatitis (AD) : atopic PN (Besnier) and non-atopic PN (Hyde). There are no approved therapies, and treatment options currently used have limited efficacy and their long-term use carries the risk of potential severe toxic effects. The mechanisms triggering PN are still unknown. However, recent findings suggest a major role for the Th2 inflammatory pathway. Beyond advancing the basic understanding of PN pathophysiology, our study might also pave the way for developing novel Th2-targeted therapeutic strategies for PN and AD. The primary objective of this study is to characterize the transcriptional profile of the T lymphocytes isolated from skin samples from patients with PN. This study will allow a gain a deeper understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanism of PN, a better classification of its subtypes, as well as their physiopathologic link with AD. Moreover, it will help shape new effective and safe therapeutic approaches in these diseases which are important for optimal therapeutic management.