Therapeutic Education Program in Psoriasis (EDUPSO)

Toulouse University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psoriasis

Treatments: Other: standard psoriasis care alone; Behavioral: multidisciplinary education program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02310204

10 141 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this research protocol is to assess the effect of a structured therapeutic education program on the quality of life of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis

Full description

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting 1 to 3% of the French population. Moderate to severe psoriasis has a significant impact on quality of life. Psoriasis is associated with an increased risk of depression, social isolation, unemployment. In addition, it has recently be shown that patients with moderate to severe psoriasis have an increased incidence of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, overweight, hyperlipidemia and exposure to tobacco and alcohol. These so-called comorbidites may have a negative impact on psoriasis management. They also may account for the reduced life expectancy reported in patients with severe psoriasis. Therapeutic education is a structured process whose objective is to help patients to acquire or to maintain competencies that are required to live with a chronic disease. Therapeutic education is an important process to be integrated into the therapeutic strategy. It has to take into account co-morbidities, social and psychological context and its priorities need to be defined with the patient.

Enrollment: 187 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Moderate to severe psoriasis defined as patients receiving a systemic psoriasis treatment including methotrexate, cyclosporine, PUVA, retinoids or a biological agent and with significant impact on quality of life defined as a Skindex > 18
• Patients with palmo-plantar or erythrodermic psoriasis may be included if they can be classified as moderate to severe according the above described definitions

Exclusion criteria

• Patients not able to give informed consent,
• Patients not able to follow the program,
• Patients without social security affiliation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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187 participants in 2 patient groups

multidisciplinary education program

Experimental group

Description:

individual and group education sessions over a 6-month period

Treatment:

Behavioral: multidisciplinary education program

Standard psoriasis care alone

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard psoriasis care alone

Treatment:

Other: standard psoriasis care alone