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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01031901
Date of registration: 10/12/2009
Primary sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Public title: Topical Rapamycin Therapy to Alleviate Cutaneous Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) and Neurofibromatosis I (NF1)
Scientific title: Topical Rapamycin Therapy to Alleviate Cutaneous Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Neurofibromatosis 1
Date of first enrolment: December 2009
Target sample size: 52
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01031901
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:   Hope Northrup, MD
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Affiliation:  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Name:   Mary Kay Koenig, MD
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Affiliation:  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject is willing and able to comply with all trial requirements

- Subject is male or female and over 13 years of age

- Subject has a diagnosis of either TSC or NF1 and has visible fibromatous lesions
(angiofibromas or neurofibromas)

- Female subjects of child-bearing potential must not be pregnant and must agree to use
appropriate contraceptive methods for the duration of the trial

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject is currently receiving therapy with rapamycin or sirolimus

- Subject is receiving any form of immunosuppression or has previously experienced
immune dysfunction

- Subject is currently participating in or has participated within the last 30 days in
any clinical trial involving an investigational drug

- Subject has a known hypersensitivity to either the PVDF coating (Skincerity®) or
rapamycin

- Subject is a pregnant or nursing female



Age minimum: 13 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Angiofibroma
Neurofibroma
Neurofibromatoses
Tuberous Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Skincerity
Drug: Skincerity plus sirolimus/rapamycin
Drug: Skinercity plus sirolimus/rapamycin
Primary Outcome(s)
Complete blood count [Time Frame: 6 months]
Dermatologic sensitivity at site of application (pain, erythema, edema, pruritis) [Time Frame: 6 months]
Rapamycin level [Time Frame: 6 months]
Total cholesterol [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Reduction in lesion size and appearance [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
HSC-MS-09-0259
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Society for Pediatric Dermatology
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