Status:

COMPLETED

Acitretin and Etanercept in Psoriasis

Lead Sponsor:

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Collaborating Sponsors:

Connetics Corp.

Conditions:

Psoriasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

To determine whether acitretin plus etanercept is more effective than etanercept alone in clearing psoriasis plaques in adults.

Detailed Description

This study will include patients with moderate to severe psoriasis who have been taking etanercept 50 mg/week for at least 3 months (12 weeks) and have not achieved PASI 75. They will be given acitret...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults (aged 18 to 80 years old) with moderate to severe psoriasis (defined as having a physician global assessment score of 3 \[moderate\] or higher) who are on etanercept 50 mg SQ once weekly and have not achieved PASI 75 after 12 weeks or more of treatment with etanercept
  • All patients on etanercept have been tested for TB before initiation of etanercept

Exclusion

  • Patients \< 18 years old or \> 80 years old
  • Patients who are not on etanercept 50 mg SQ once weekly
  • Women of childbearing potential (Note: women of non-childbearing potential, meaning surgically sterile \[bilateral oophorectomy, hysterectomy, and/or bilateral tubal ligation\] or post-menopausal for at least 2 years, are eligible)
  • Inability to understand consent or comply with study requirements
  • Uncontrolled hypertriglyceridemia
  • Patients with severely impaired hepatic function
  • Patients without health insurance or who are not willing to pay out-of-pocket for etanercept and laboratory tests
  • Systemic psoriasis therapies or PUVA within the past 2 weeks
  • UVB or topical psoriasis therapies (other than emollients/moisturizers and OTC shampoos) within the past 1 week
  • Patients with epilepsy or multiple sclerosis

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00156247

Start Date

September 1 2005

End Date

March 1 2009

Last Update

February 16 2015

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