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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00395941
Date of registration: 03/11/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of Acitretin Plus Pioglitazone in Patients With Psoriasis
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: December 2006
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00395941
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Name:     Sunil Dogra, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with chronic plaque type psoriasis having body surface area involvement of >
20%

- Patients of either sex

- Females who have completed their family and are tubectomized or are postmenopausal
i.e. no menstrual bleeding over at least 1 year

- Age range 18-65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Females of child bearing potential

- H/O hypersensitivity to acitretin

- Impaired hepatic function (serum bilirubin, AST, ALT and alkaline phosphatase >1.5
times the upper limit of normal)

- Impaired renal function (serum creatinine >1.5mg% in males and >1.4 mg% in females)

- Hyperlipidemia

- BMI >30 kg /m2

- H/O excessive alcohol use

- Diabetes mellitus

- Congestive heart failure

- Ischemic heart disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Psoriasis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Acitretin
Drug: Pioglitazone
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in PASI score from baseline in the two groups [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportion of subjects with an improvement of at least 75% in the psoriasis area-and-severity index (PASI) by week 12 [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
Pharma 6/699
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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