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Last refreshed on: 18 July 2023
Main ID:  NCT03076320
Date of registration: 06/03/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Guadalajara
Public title: Pirfenidone Plus M-DDO Gel in Moderate and Severe Acne
Scientific title: Molecular and Clinical Study of the Effect of Zaxcell Versus Effezel in the Inflammatory and Scarring Process of Moderate and Severe Acne
Date of first enrolment: March 27, 2017
Target sample size: 82
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03076320
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects of both genders male or female of any race, 12 to 25 years or age.

- Subjects with a clinical diagnosis of acne vulgaris with facial and back involvement.

- Subjects with a minimum of 20 but not more tan 150 inflammatory lesions on the face
(including the nose)

- Subjects with a minimum of 30 but no more 200 non-inflammatory lesions on the face
(including the nose)

- Subjects with minimum of 20 but no more than 250 inflammatory lesions on the superior
back area.

- Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) score of 3 or 4, corresponding to moderate and
severe acne. Subjects with no more than two active nodules at baseline.

- Subjects that agree to fill a clinical history, access to physical exploration and
biochemical analysis samples, biopsy of the back and photo-documentation of affected
areas on the face and back.

- Consent to participate, verified by signing an approved written Informed Consent Form,
or for subjects under age 18, an assent form in conjunction with a signed Informed
Consent Form from a parent/guardian.

- Patients willing to sign a compliance letter to apply treatment as indicated by the
principal investigator.

- Willingness and capacity of protocol compliance (for subjects under 18 years of age,
parent/guardian must be wiling and able to comply with study requirements).

- Subjects willing to share personal information and data as verified by signing a
written authorization, as applicable

Exclusion Criteria:

- Acne conglobata, acne fulminans, secondary acne.

- Subjects with another chronic inflammatory disease of the skin.

- Subjects with severe acne requiring isotretinoin therapy or other dermatological
conditions, which might, in the opinion of the Investigator, interfere with the study
evaluation or pose a risk to patient safety during the study.

- Pregnancy, nursing or planning a pregnancy.

- Men with facial hair that would interfere with the assessments.

- Subjects with background history of keloid scarring.

- Known sensitivities to the study preparations.

- Participation in another investigational drug or device research study within 30 day
of enrollment.

- Specified washout period to baselines for systemic or topical medications.

- Subjects refusing to the biopsy of the back and photographic procedures.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 25 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acne Vulgaris Superficial Mixed Comedonal and Inflammatory
Intervention(s)
Combination Product: A+PBO
Combination Product: PDF+M-DDO
Primary Outcome(s)
Assessing change of lesions with IGA scale (Investigators' Global Assessment) [Time Frame: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Photonumeric scale [Time Frame: 1, 3 and 6 months]
Histopathological modification on the inflammatory lesions and improvement in the scarring process [Time Frame: 1 and 3 months]
2. Expression levels of key molecules involved in acne inflammation and scar remodeling [Time Frame: 1 and 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
267/15
IBMMTG 15-02
008/16
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Cell Pharma
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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