Genetic Susceptibility and Influence of the Microbiomae in Bullous Pemphigoid (MICROPB)

CHU de Reims

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Bullous Pemphigoid

Treatments: Other: Blood sample and cotton skin swabs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02874079

PO15125

Details and patient eligibility

About

Autoimmune bullous dermatoses include pemphigus, bullous pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis, linear IgA dermatosis, mucous membrane pemphigoid, lichen planus pemphigoid, anti-p200 pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and dermatitis herpetiformis. Autoimmune bullous dermatoses are rare and have an incidence of 20-60 new cases per 1 million person- year in Europe. The incidence of the individual entities is slight significantly different within Europe, but strongly also in comparison to other countries such as Kuwait, Singapore, USA and South America. The most common of these disorders is the bullous pemphigoid.

A considerable progress has been made in the last years to elucidate the pathogenic role of autoantibodies in these diseases. To this end, various in vitro and animal experiments have been used to understand some basic pathophysiological mechanisms in these diseases. Further studies are currently being carried out to explain a precise elucidation of the disease process and to be able to treat the patients targeted later.

At present, however, no data are available to explain why certain individuals develop the autoimmune disease and others do not. Epidemiological studies showed some triggers to the development of autoimmune dysregulation, e.g. drugs.

Furthermore, it has been shown that genetic factors play a role in the pathogenesis of the disease. A clear association with certain HLA regions have been shown in patients with pemphigus, e.g. about 95% of pemphigus patients from the group of Ashkenazi Jews have the HLA-DRB1*0402 haplotype. Recently, the first non-HLA gene associated with pemphigus was described. For other conditions such as bullous pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis or linear IgA dermatosis the association with HLA antigens is less pronounced. Another indication of the importance of the genetic background in these diseases can be elucidated from the observation of autoantibodies at a low concentration in healthy relatives of pemphigus patients.

Full description

Study genetic and microbiologic predisposition of patients developing a bullous pemphigoid from peripheral blood and skin flora.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with bullous pemphigoid in active phase
• patients with basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma and without inflammatory skin disease
• patient consenting to participate to the study
• patient enrolled in the national healthcare insurance program
• patient older than 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• patients with pemphigoid gestationis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

bullous pemphigoid

Experimental group

Description:

patients with bullous pemphigoid

Treatment:

Other: Blood sample and cotton skin swabs

no bullous pemphigoid

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients with basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma and without inflammatory skin disease

Treatment:

Other: Blood sample and cotton skin swabs