Status:

COMPLETED

A Single-Center Exploratory Study to Assess the Activity of CRx-197-002 in Plaque Psoriasis

Lead Sponsor:

Zalicus

Conditions:

Plaque Psoriasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This will be a phase 2a single-center, randomized, blinded, vehicle-controlled exploratory study to assess the activity and safety of CRx-197 in subjects with plaque psoriasis. Approximately 20 male o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • I01 Subject must voluntarily sign and date the written informed consent prior to any study specific procedures
  • I02 Subject must be 18 to 70 years of age
  • I03 Subject must have chronic plaque psoriasis and plaque infiltrates of a thickness of a minimum of 150 µm and stable plaques in an area sufficient for up to five test fields and an untreated control field per each plaque
  • I04 Subject must be free from a condition/disease that the investigator feels interferes with the interpretation of the study results.
  • I05 Females of childbearing potential age should either be surgically sterile (hysterectomy or tubal ligation), or should use a highly effective medically accepted contraceptive regimen.

Exclusion

  • E01 Erythrodermic, guttate or pustular psoriasis
  • E02 Cardiac disease, including recent myocardial infarction, any degree of heart block or other cardiac arrhythmias or valvular heart disease
  • E03 Mania or acute delirium or epilepsy
  • E04 Narrow angle glaucoma
  • E05 Hyperthyroidism by medical history, TSH less than LLN, or a subject receiving thyroid medication
  • E06 Diabetes
  • E07 Intolerance to lidocaine
  • E08 Severe liver disease \[ALT laboratory value that exceeds 2.5x ULN\]
  • E09 Known severe kidney disease, acute urinary retention, prostatic hypertrophy with post void residual urine or laboratory value of creatinine that exceeds 1.5x ULN
  • E10 Significant gastrointestinal disease including but not limited to pyloric stenosis or paralytic ileus
  • E11 Inflammatory dermatoses except psoriasis; bacterial, viral, or fungal skin infections (at the test plaques); facial rosacea
  • E12 Active varicella, tuberculosis, syphilis or post-vaccine reactions
  • E13 Autoimmune disease other than plaque psoriasis (e.g., lupus erythematosis)
  • E14 Known allergic reactions or hypersensitivity to any of the components of the study treatments
  • E15 Allergy to adhesives on the templates used in this study
  • E16 UV therapy or significant UV exposure in the four weeks before treatment application
  • E17 History of malignancy (except for treated or excised basal cell carcinoma)
  • E18 History of drug or alcohol abuse (as defined by the Investigator)
  • E19 Symptoms of a clinically significant illness in the four weeks before treatment application that may influence the outcome of the study
  • E20 Subject with demonstrated hypercalcemia (calcium greater than ULN) or evidence of Vitamin D toxicity
  • E21 Subject with demonstrated hypokalemia (less than LLN)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00796211

Start Date

November 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2009

Last Update

January 15 2009

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ProInnovera

Münster, Germany