LEO19123 Cream in the Treatment of Hand Eczema

LEO Pharma

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Hand Eczema

Treatments

Drug: Calcipotriol and LEO80122 (LEO19123 cream)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00404196

LEO19123-C22

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the efficacy and safety of two different dose combinations of LEO19123 cream (calcipotriol and LEO80122) with LEO19123 cream vehicle for 3 weeks in the treatment of patients with hand eczema.

Enrollment

75 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of hand eczema with or without atopic etiology/background
Investigator.s Global Assessment of disease severity graded as at least mild at Visit 1
Patients should be Caucasian males aged from 18 years
Attending a hospital outpatient clinic or the private practise of a dermatologist.
Following verbal and written information about the trial, the patient must provide signed and dated informed consent before any trial related activity is carried out, including activities relating to wash-out periods.

Exclusion criteria

Systemic treatment with immunosuppressive drugs (e.g. methotrexate, cyclosporine, azathioprine) or corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to randomisation. (Inhaled or intranasal steroids for asthma or rhinitis may be used).
PUVA or UVB therapy on the hands within 4 weeks prior to randomisation.
Topical treatment with immunomodulators (pimecrolimus, tacrolimus) or corticosteroids from WHO groups III or IV on the hands within 2 weeks prior to randomisation.
Other topical therapy on the hands (except for the use of emollient) within 1 week prior to randomisation.
Use of other treatment (drug, non-drug) on the hands during the trial except for the use of investigational product and emollient.
Concurrent skin diseases on the hands.
Current diagnosis of exfoliative dermatitis.
Significant clinical infection (impetiginised hand eczema) on the hands, which requires antibiotic treatment.
Known or suspected hypersensitivity to component(s) of the investigational product.
Positive patch test as defined in protocol
Known or suspected severe renal insufficiency or severe hepatic disorders.
Patients with history/signs/symptoms suggestive of an abnormality of calcium homeostasis associated with clinically significant hypercalcaemia.
Patients with history of cancer except for basal cell carcinoma.
Current participation in any other interventional clinical trial.
Patients who have received treatment with any nonmarketed drug substance (i.e. an agent which has not yet been made available for clinical use following registration) within 4 weeks prior to randomisation.
Previously randomised in this study.
Patients known or, in the opinion of the investigator, is unlikely to comply with the Clinical Study Protocol (e.g. alcoholism, drug dependency, or psychotic state).