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Effects of Capsaicin on the Structure, Distribution, and Function of Cutaneous Small Nerve Fibers in Psoriatic Skin

Information source: Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Condition(s) targeted: Psoriasis

Intervention: Capsaicin (Drug)

Phase: Phase 4

Status: Terminated

Sponsored by: Wake Forest School of Medicine

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Gil Yosipovitch, MD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to examine the role of nerves in the skin in psoriasis and to better understand the effects of capsaicin in psoriasis. In this study, capsaicin will be compared to a moisturizer (aquaphor ointment).

Clinical Details

Official title: Effects of Capsaicin on the Structure, Distribution, and Function of Cutaneous Small Nerve Fibers in Psoriatic Skin

Study design: Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Primary outcome: To assess the effect of capsaicin on small nerve fiber function in psoriasis

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult men and women who are 18 years of age or older.

- Diagnosis of plaque-type psoriasis is required to be confirmed by clinical criteria.

- Subjects must be in general good health with no other skin disease, disease state or

physical condition which would impair evaluation of psoriasis or which would increase their health risk by study participation.

- Subjects must be willing to receive topical capsaicin weekly for 6 weeks and must be

willing to undergo 3mm punch biopsies at baseline and at week 6.

- Subjects may not receive any systemic therapies during the study.

- Subjects are required to complete a 4 week washout period from any systemic

medication and/or phototherapy prior to enrolling in the study.

- Stable use of moisturizers will be allowed provided that use has been stable for at

least 14 days.

- Women of child bearing age will be required to have a negative pregnancy test in

order to enroll in the study and will be required to maintain adequate birth control throughout the study. Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects who are unable to complete the required measures.

- Subjects diagnosed with other skin diseases that would affect the measurement of

cutaneous blood flow.

- Subjects with any history of any disease associated with neuropathy, including

diabetes, alcoholism, uremia, HIV infection, hypothyroidism, or cancer chemotherapy.

- Subjects who are currently enrolled in any investigational study in which the subject

is receiving any type of drug, biologic, or non-drug therapy and subjects undergoing treatment with another investigational drug or approved therapy for investigational use within 28 days prior to investigational drug administration.

- Subjects who have used any topical therapy for psoriasis or other skin diseases in

the past 7 days.

- Subjects receiving any of the following treatments or agents within the 28 days prior

to investigational drug administration will be excluded: systemic retinoids, systemic steroids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, azathioprine, thioguanine, etanercept, efalizumab, infliximab, adalimumab or mofetil or other systemic immunosuppressant, and phototherapy, including Ultraviolet B (UVB) and Psoralen + Ultraviolet A (PUVA).

- Subjects with a known allergy to capsaicin.

- Children less than 18 years of age.

- Pregnant women.

Locations and Contacts

Wake Forest University Health Sciences Dermatology, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States
Additional Information

Starting date: June 2006
Last updated: August 8, 2012

Page last updated: August 20, 2015

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