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Imiquimod in Children With Plaque Morphea

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The Hospital for Sick Children

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 3

Conditions

Scleroderma, Localized

Treatments

Drug: Imiquimod 5% cream

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00147771
1000007595

Details and patient eligibility

About

Morphea is very hard to treat. In a small number of adult patients, Imiquimod has proven to be beneficial in decreasing the thickness of the morphea plaques , while improving their appearance. There are no studies to date proving its safety and efficacy in children with this disease. We propose to conduct a pilot study to assess to potential efficacy and relative safety of Imiquimod in children with plaque morphea.

Full description

Design: Prospective, open label, pilot study

Settings: The Hospital for Sick Children, Specialized Morphea Clinic

Study population:

  • Children 6-18 years of age
  • Plaque morphea measuring less than 10 cm2 in diameter ( for children with multiple lesions, only one will be treated)

Intervention: Topical imiquimod applied 3-5 times a week for 6 months

Outcome measures: Decrease in the thickness of the skin by clinical scores and ultrasonography

Duration of the study: 12 months ( 2 baseline visits, 1 intervention visit, 5 follow-up visits)

Enrollment

10 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Age at diagnosis 6 to 18 years of age
  • Morphea plaques
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test
  • Signed consent/assent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Children who received topical corticosteroids, tacrolimus, vitamin D derivatives (calcipotriol, calcipotriol-betamethasone dipropionate) to the affected area in the previous four weeks
  • Children who were previously treated with Imiquimod on the affected areas
  • Children with no demonstrable ultrasonographic changes at the baseline evaluation
  • Children with evidence of skin breakdown on the proposed area to be treated at the time of enrollment due to potential increased absorption of the medication through impaired skin barrier
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential who do not agree to practice effective birth control methods for the duration of the study
  • Children who are/were (in the past 6 months) treated with systemic medications such as methotrexate and/or systemic corticosteroids
  • Co-morbidities: systemic sclerosis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other systemic diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

10 participants in 1 patient group

1
Experimental group
Treatment:
Drug: Imiquimod 5% cream

Trial contacts and locations

1

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