Pediatric Subjects With Tinea Corporis

Merz Pharmaceuticals

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Tinea Corporis

Treatments

Drug: Naftin Cream

Drug: Placebo Cream

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02227290

MUS90200_4024_1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is being done to see how well the study cream works when applied once a day to affected area of child (where they have ringworm). The results will be compared to those seen with a placebo cream which has no active ingredient. Safety of the cream will also be measured.

Full description

The objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Naftin (naftifine hydrochloride) Cream, 2% applied once daily for 2 weeks, compared to its vehicle in the treatment of pediatric subjects aged 2 to 17 years and 11 months with positive potassium hydroxide (KOH), positive dermatophyte culture, and clinical signs and symptoms of tinea corporis.

Enrollment

230 patients

Sex

All

Ages

2 to 17 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Males or non-pregnant females 2 years of age to 17 years, 11 months, of any race. Females of child bearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test.
Presence of tinea corporis by clinical evidence of a tinea infection of at least moderate erythema, moderate induration, and mild pruritus.
KOH positive and culture positive baseline skin scrapings obtained form the site with the mose severely affected lesion or a representative site of the overall severity.

Exclusion criteria

Tinea infection of the face, scalp, groin, and/or feet
A life-threatening condition in the opinion of the investigator (ex. autoimmune deficiency syndrome, cancer, etc) within the last 6 months.
Subjects with abnormal findings- physical or laboratory- that are considered by the investigator to be clinically important and indicative of conditions that might complicate interpretation of study results
Subjects with a known hypersensitivity or other contradictions to study medications or their components.
Subjects who have a recent history or who are currently known to abuse alcohol or drugs.
Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
Hemodialysis or chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy.
Current diagnosis of immunocompromising conditions.
Current evidence of compromised skin, atopic or contact dermatitis, eczema, impetigo, lichen planus, pityriasis rosea, pityriasis versicolor, psoriasis, seborrhoeic dermatitis and syphilis.
Severe dermatophytoses, mucocutaneous candidiasis, or bacterial skin infection
Patients with tinea corporis who have concurrent dermatophytosis of the scalp, beard or nails.