Status:

COMPLETED

Omalizumab in Severe and Refractory Solar Urticaria

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Collaborating Sponsors:

Novartis

Conditions:

Solar Urticaria

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Solar urticaria is a rare disease, with a usual favourable outcome with photoprotection and with anti H1 histamines. Nevertheless, some cases can be severe and refractory to this usual treatment, lead...

Detailed Description

This is an open-labelled multicentric phase II study testing the efficacy and the safety of omalizumab 300 mg (W0, W4 and W8) in patients affected with severe and refractory solar urticaria.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \> or equal to 18 years,
  • Appearance of wheals within 15 min after sun exposure and lasting \< 2 hr in the shade,
  • Wheals reproducible with phototesting: appearance after exposure to UVB, UVA or visible light less than 30 min after exposure and lasting \< 2 hr,
  • Severity criteria:
  • Very large effect on quality of life, with Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) \> 10, and
  • At least 1 of the following: involvement of the face, per annual eruption, extension of wheals on the non-photoexposed skin, SU triggered by artificial light, SU flares accompanied by bronchospasm or syncope.
  • Refractory criteria:
  • Resistance to photoprotection with sunscreen with sun protection factor ≥ 50, and
  • Resistance to administration of an association of 2 different antihistamines during 3 months or to photodesensitization.

Exclusion

  • Contra indication to omalizumab
  • Previous treatment with omalizumab

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 30 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 29 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02262130

Start Date

September 30 2014

End Date

September 29 2015

Last Update

October 12 2018

Active Locations (13)

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1

CHU de Angers

Angers, France

2

Dermatology department, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire

Besançon, France

3

CHU de Caen

Caen, France

4

CHU de Dijon

Dijon, France