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Register: ChiCTR
Last refreshed on: 18 April 2017
Main ID:  ChiCTR-TRC-12003540
Date of registration: 2012-12-19
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Institute of dermatology, Chinese Academyof Medical Sciences
Public title: Use of intravenous Methotrexate plus Glucocorticoid for the Treatment of Pemphigus:A multicenter,randomized and controlled clinical trial
Scientific title: Guideline-oriented Research in the Management of Some Common and Severe Skin Diseases
Date of first enrolment: 2011-08-01
Target sample size: Glucocorticoid group:90;Glucocorticoid plus MTX group:90;
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=6020
Study type:  Interventional study
Study design:  Randomized parallel controlled trial  
Phase:  Post-market
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name: Baoxi Wang   
Address:  12 Jiangwangmiao Street, Nanjing, China 210042
Telephone: +86 025-85478071
Email: wangbx@ncstdlc.org
Affiliation:  Institute of dermatology, Chinese Academyof Medical Sciences
Name: Yi Liu   
Address:  12 Jiangwangmiao Street, Nanjing, China 210042
Telephone: +86 025-85478992
Email: hangyezhuanxiang@163.com
Affiliation:  Institute of dermatology, Chinese Academyof Medical Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) 18 to 75 years old, male or female;
(2) Meet the diagnostic criteria for pemphigus(erythema and vesicles on skins and/or mucous membranes; dermatopathology shows bulla above the basal cell layer; direct or indirect immunofluorescence (DIF/IIF) staining reveals IgG and/or C3 deposited as reticular-pattern in the intercellular substance of the epidermis);
(3) Skin lesion scores of Pemphigus Disease Area Index(PDAI) are between 30 to 90 points(scoring criteria refers to Appendix 11);
(4) Patients completely understand the trial and voluntarily sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria: (1) Regimen or dose of treatment for pemphigus have changed within one month;
(2) Esophagus involved;
(3) Subjects who have severe local or systemic acute or chronic infection which is difficult to control and may affect the efficacy of the drugs or the clinical evaluation;
(4) Subjects who have severe heart, lung, liver (ALT=1.5×ULN), kidney or other severe diseases;
(5) Pregnant and lactating female or subjects who have fertility plan recently;
(6) With a history of malignant tumor;
(7) Subjects who are allergic to the test drugs or have contraindications;
(8) With other skin diseases that may affect the clinical evaluation;
(9) Other conditions which researchers consider the subjects not compatible to the trial.


Age minimum: 18
Age maximum: 75
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pemphigus
Intervention(s)
Glucocorticoid group:This group receives systemic glucocorticoid, initially, with prednisone at 1mg/kg/day.;Glucocorticoid plus MTX group:This group receives systemic glucocorticoid plus MTX and starts with prednisone at 1mg/kg/day and MTX IV drip infusion at 15mg/week. Then we adjust the dose of glucocorticoid according to the patients' responses. ;
Primary Outcome(s)
PDAI;Date of stopping blisterring;Date of erosion surface completely drying;Date of glucocorticoid starting to reduce;Glucocorticoid dosage;
Secondary Outcome(s)
Electrocardiogram;CTChest X-ray/C;
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Ministry of Finance of China
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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