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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00601107
Date of registration: 15/01/2008
Primary sponsor: Genzyme
Public title: A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Doxercalciferol Capsules in Patients With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
Scientific title: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Doxercalciferol Capsules in the Treatment of Subjects Wtih Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis.
Date of first enrolment: April 2008
Target sample size: 136
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00601107
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Medical Monitor
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Affiliation:  Genzyme
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject must have moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis with a body surface
area (BSA) involvement =10%.

- Subject must have static PGA of moderate or severe.

- Subject must have a minimum PASI score of =10.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of drugs known to influence serum calcium (such as lithium, digoxin, thiazide
diuretics, teriparatide, bisphosphonates, and calcitonin) and multivitamin
supplements containing >400 IU vitamin D or calcium and/or calcium-containing
antacids exceeding a total of 1 gram/day.

- Use of other psoriasis medications or light therapy during the study except for
shampoos containing coal tar or salicylic acid and low potency topical
corticosteroids (Classes VI and VII) on the groin, scalp, palms, soles and face.

- History of kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, symptomatic coronary or cerebral
vascular disease, HIV, active viral hepatitis, or any other clinically significant,
unstable medical condition that would interfere with the completion of the study.

- Any evidence of active malignancy except for basal cell carcinoma of the skin. A
history of malignancy is not an exclusion.

- Active ethanol or drug abuse.

- Pregnant or breast-feeding women.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
Intervention(s)
Drug: doxercalciferol
Drug: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Achievement of at least a 50% reduction in PASI score (PASI 50) [Time Frame: at week 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Achievement of a static PGA score of clear (0) or almost clear (1) [Time Frame: at week 12 and week 24]
Achievement of PASI 50 [Time Frame: at week 24]
Secondary ID(s)
HECTPS02507
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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