Active clinical trials for "Psoriasis"

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of 2 doses of ABT-874 versus placebo in the treatment of subjects with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Ciclosporin is a cyclic nonribosomal polypeptide of 11 amino acids produced by the fungi Tolypocladium inflatum and Cylindrocarpon lucidum. Ciclosporin is a highly efficient immunosuppressant drug widely used in post-allergenic organ transplant to reduce the activity of the subject's immune system and so the risk of organ rejection. Apart from transplant medicine, ciclosporin is also used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases like psoriasis and infrequently in rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases, although it is only used in severe cases. Ciclosporin blocks the lymphocytes, especially the T-lymphocytes, in the G0- or G1-phase of the cell cycle. Moreover it inhibits the production and release of lymphokines including interleukin 2 or the T-cell growth factor. Generally ciclosporin is taken orally (capsule or solution)or by injection in doses of 1.5 to 5.5 mg/kg/day. In the topical cutaneous emulsion presented here, ciclosporin is available at a concentration of 0.5 and 1.5%. The purpose of this study is the demonstration of antipsoriatic efficacy and tolerability of topical cutaneous ciclosporin in subjects with psoriasis vulgaris.

Placebo-Controlled Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Adalimumab to Methotrexate and Placebo in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

A 12-Week, Exploratory, Open-Label, Nonrandomized, Dose-Escalation Study of the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Oral CEP-701 in Patients with Severe, Recalcitrant, Plaque Type Psoriasis.

Evaluate the efficacy of Clobex® Spray as compared to Taclonex® Ointment in terms of Overall Disease Severity and Investigator Global Assessment.

The scalp is one of the most common affected sites in psoriatic patients as 79% of them have scalp involvement.It has also a psychological aspect with 31% of patients with scalp psoriasis indicating distress. Topical agents remain the mainstay of treatment for scalp psoriasis. However, they are not always ideal because they might be inconvenient and messy to use, stain or damage hair. The test shampoo, Clobetasol propionate Shampoo 0.05% (marketed in the USA under the tradename of Clobex®) was developed to provide the strongest available corticosteroid as a short-contact therapy in order to improve the chances of it being effective and reduce the potential for traditional side-effects. The objective of this study is to compare subject's overall preference between Clobetasol propionate shampoo 0.05% and three other topical corticosteroids in the treatment of moderate to severe scalp psoriasis.

CRx-191 is a proprietary synergistic combination drug candidate being evaluated by CombinatoRx for topical psoriasis therapy. CRx-191 was identified via a proprietary screening assay for novel drug combinations demonstrating enhanced inhibition of tumor necrosis factor- alpha and interferon-gamma release, cytokines that are implicated in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. This clinical trial will assess the effectiveness of CRx-191 in reducing the psoriatic infiltrate band thickness as measured by transdermal ultrasound. All subjects will receive all treatments in separate test fields, with intra-individual comparison of the treatments.

This will be an open label study of ruxolitinib topical cream applied to 2 - 20% BSA in patients with active, stable plaque psoriasis.

The purpose of this study is to assess safety, and tolerability of multiple doses of ILV-094 administered to subjects with psoriasis

This study will investigate the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of R3421 in patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. Patients will be randomized to one of 3 treatment groups to receive once daily oral treatment with a)R3421 20mg, b)R3421 120mg, or c)placebo. The anticipated time on study treatment is <3 months, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.