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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00431119
Date of registration: 02/02/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Muenster
Public title: Azathioprine or Mycophenolate Mofetil for Bullous Pemphigoid
Scientific title: A Comparison of Oral Methylprednisolone Plus Azathioprine or Mycophenolate Mofetil for the Treatment of Bullous Pemphigoid
Date of first enrolment: October 1997
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00431119
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Stefan Beissert, MD
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Affiliation:  Dermatology, Univ. of Muenster, Germany
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- clinical lesions suggestive of bullous pemphigoid

- subepidermal blistering upon histological analysis of skin biopsies

- linear deposition of IgG and C3 along the dermo-epidermal junction

- deposition of autoantibodies at the blister roof upon split-skin analysis

Exclusion Criteria:

- treatment with oral or topical corticosteroids, and other immunosuppressive drugs
during the previous four weeks



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bullous Pemphigoid
Intervention(s)
Drug: Azathioprine or Mycophenolate mofetil
Primary Outcome(s)
The cumulative total methylprednisolone doses and rate of remission.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary outcome measures were safety profiles and duration of remission.
Secondary ID(s)
Beissert-BP#1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hoffmann-La Roche
Ethics review
Results
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