A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of UHE-105 Shampoo in Subjects With Scalp Psoriasis

Therapeutics, Inc.

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Scalp Psoriasis

Treatments: Drug: UHE-105; Drug: Vehicle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04243486

188-0552-202

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to compare the safety and efficacy of UHE-105 Shampoo with that of the vehicle (VEH) Shampoo in subjects with scalp psoriasis. Half of the subjects will receive the UHE-105 Shampoo, while the other half will receive the VEH Shampoo with no active drug.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject is a male or non-pregnant female 18 years of age or older.
• Subject has provided written informed consent.
• Females must be post-menopausal , surgically sterile or use an effective method of birth control. , Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at Visit 1/Baseline.
• Subject has a clinical diagnosis of stable moderate to severe scalp psoriasis affecting at least 10% of the scalp.
• Subject is willing and able to apply the test article(s) as directed, comply with study instructions, and commit to all follow-up visits for the duration of the study.
• Subject, in the investigator's opinion, is in good general health and free of any disease state or physical condition that might impair evaluation of scalp psoriasis or exposes the subject to an unacceptable risk by study participation.

Exclusion criteria

• Subject is pregnant, lactating, or is planning to become pregnant during the study.
• Subject has spontaneously improving or rapidly deteriorating scalp psoriasis.
• Subject has guttate, pustular, erythrodermic, or other non-plaque forms of scalp psoriasis.
• Subject has any physical condition which, in the investigator's opinion, could impair evaluation of scalp psoriasis, adrenal axis function (e.g., Addison's Disease, Cushing's Syndrome), or which exposes the subject to an unacceptable risk by study participation.
• Subject has scalp psoriasis that necessitates systemic or other concomitant topical therapies during the study.
• Subject has a history of psoriasis unresponsive to topical treatments.
• Subject has any hair on their scalp of a length that extends beyond the subject's chin.
• Subject has any open sores, lesions, cuts, or infections, etc. on the scalp or has had a scalp surgical procedure within the past 30 days.
• Subject is currently enrolled in an investigational drug or device study.

Other protocol defined inclusion or exclusion criteria assessed by the study staff may apply.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

UHE-105 Shampoo

Experimental group

Description:

UHE-105 Shampoo applied topically once daily to psoriatic lesions on the scalp for up to four (4) weeks

Treatment:

Drug: UHE-105

Vehicle Shampoo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Vehicle Shampoo applied topically once daily to psoriatic lesions on the scalp for up to four (4) weeks

Treatment:

Drug: Vehicle