A Single-Center, Prospective, Pilot Study to Compare the Effect of Diet in Overweight or Obese Patients With Psoriasis on Light Therapy

Completed

• Conditions: Psoriasis

• Registration Number: NCT02193919
• Lead Sponsor: Bagel, Jerry, M.D.

Brief Summary

Weight loss may help psoriasis. Phototherapy helps psoriasis. Combining the two treatments may help even more. Determining if a high protein diet vs a low protein diet results in improving psoriais may help lead to future dietary effects on psoriasis therapy

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-03
• Primary Completion: 2008-05
• Study Completion: 2008-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-04
• Status Verified: 2014-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-07-16
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2014-07-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• PSA greater 10
• BMI greater than 30

Exclusion Criteria

• PSA less than 10
• less than 18 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Does weight decrease the amount of UVB needed to clear psoriasis	12 weeks	3 cohorts, all get UVB thrice per week one cohort placebo diet one cohort south beach diet one cohort ornish diet I evaluated PASI 75 improvement within each cohort 0 Adverse Events