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Comparison of Skin Thickness Under Treatment With Pimecrolimus 1% Cream, Hydrocortisonacetat 1% Cream, Betamethasonvalerat 0,1% Cream and Clobetasol-17-Propionat 0,05% Cream Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and 20-MHZ Ultrasound

Information source: Dresden University of Technology
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on October 19, 2009
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Healthy

Intervention: pimecrolimus 1% cream (Drug); hydrocortisonacetat 1% cream (Drug); betamethasonvalerat 0,1% cream (Drug); clobetasol-17-propionat 0,05% cream (Drug); Placebo (Drug)

Phase: Phase 1

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: Dresden University of Technology

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Roland Aschoff, MD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Germany

Overall contact:
Roland Aschoff, MD, Phone: 0049-351-458, Ext: 2007, Email: Roland.Aschoff@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Summary

to compare the atrophogenic potentials of pimecrolimus 1% cream, hydrocortisonacetat 1% cream, betamethasonvalerat 0,1% cream and clobetasol-17-Propionat 0,05% cream

Clinical Details

Official title: Comparison of Skin Thickness Under Treatment With Pimecrolimus 1% Cream (Elidel® 1% Cream), Hydrocortisonacetat 1% Cream (Hydrogalen® Cream), Betamethasonvalerat 0,1% Cream (Betagalen® Cream) and Clobetasol-17-Propionat 0,05% Cream (Clobegalen® Cream) Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and 20-MHZ Ultrasound - a Single Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Monocenter Clinical Trial

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety Study

Primary outcome: thickness of epidermis

Secondary outcome:

atrophogenic effect assessed by dermaphot

moisture of skin assessed by corneometer

transpire of skin assessed by tewameter

thickness of dermis

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 40 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- male and female probands age between 18-40 years

- skin healthy

- skintype I-III according to Fitzpatrick

Exclusion Criteria:

- women of childbearing potential without adequate contraception

- pregnant or breastfeeding

- genetic defect of epidermal barrier

- external or systemic treatment with drugs, which probably have an effect to the

thickness of skin or to the production of teleangiektasien within the last 6 month before study entry

- skin disease, which hinder the evaluation with OCT, ultrasound or dermaphot

- UV treatment within the last 4 weeks before study entry

- participation to another clinical trial within the last 30 days before study entry

- allergy against pimecrolimus or hydrocortison or betamethasonvalerat or

Clobetasol-17-propionat

- severe systemic diseases; ongoing immunosuppressive treatment

- planned vaccination should realize before study entry or 28 days after end of

treatment

Locations and Contacts

Roland Aschoff, MD, Phone: 0049-351-458, Ext: 2007, Email: Roland.Aschoff@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Department of Dermatology, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Recruiting
Roland Aschoff, MD, Phone: 0049 351 458, Ext: 2007, Email: Roland.Aschoff@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Roland Aschoff, MD, Principal Investigator
Jochen Schmitt, MD, Sub-Investigator
Additional Information

Starting date: January 2008
Ending date: October 2008
Last updated: April 9, 2008

Page last updated: October 19, 2009

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