The Effectiveness of Lower Cyclosporine Doses for Psoriasis

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2013-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will evaluate whether lower doses of cyclosporine can cause fewer side effects and still produce the same beneficial results that are seen with a standard cyclosporine dose regimen when treating individuals with moderate to severe psoriasis.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Rochester
• Collaborator: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Treatments: Cyclosporine; Cyclosporins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Good health

• Exception that has been resistant to psoralen and ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA), methotrexate, and retinoids

• Moderate to severe, stable plaque psoriasis

• Normal organ and marrow function

• HIV uninfected

Exclusion Criteria:

• Topical therapy within 4 weeks of study entry

• Use of systemic, intralesional, or phototherapy within 1 year of study entry

• Use of cyclosporine in the past or use of other immunosuppressive medication within 6 months of study entry

• Inability to be followed or monitored regularly on a weekly basis

• Poorly controlled hypertension

• Severe infection, internal malignancy, immunodeficiency, gout, or liver disease

• Received more than 1,000 treatments of ultraviolet A (UVA)

• History of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to cyclosporine

• Uncontrolled active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, or cardiac arrhythmia that would limit study participation

• Women of childbearing potential and men unwilling to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control or abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of the study

• Pregnant