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Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients With Prurigo Nodularis

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Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Prurigo Nodularis
Itch
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT06201715
Lead Sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Brief Summary

The goal is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in treating refractory prurigo nodularis.The main questions it aims to answer are

1. whether tofacitinib is effective in treating prurigo nodularis in the longpterm.

2. whether tofacitinib is safe in prurigo nodularis patients in the longpterm.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
tofacitinibTofacitinib 5 MG-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Investigator's global assessmentup to 12 weeks

a 11-point scale ranging from -5 (obvious aggravation) to 5(marked improvement) points.

Visual analogue scale (VAS) at week 12up to 12 weeks

The VAS is a visual scale for itch on a horizontal 10-cm line, on which the left end is marked as "no itch" and the right end is marked "worst imaginable itch". We defined the average pruritus of the past 24 hours as VAS24h, average, and the worst and average pruritus of the past 4 weeks as VAS4w, worst and VAS4w, average.

Numeric rating scale at week 12up to 12 weeks

The NRS is a similar tool for the measurement of itch ranging from 0 (no itch) to 10 (unbearable itch). Similarly, we defined the average and worst pruritus of the past 24 hours using NRS as NRS24h, average and NRS24h, worst.

Verbal rating scale (VRS) at week 12up to 12 weeks

The VRS is a 5-point questionnaire that indicated different itching intensities as follows: 0=none; 1=mild; 2=moderate; 3=severe; 4= very severe. The VRS24h, average, VRS24h, worst and VRSevening represented 24-hour average, worst as well as average evening pruritus by VRS.

Prurigo Activity Scoreup to 12 weeks

The PAS is a 7-item questionnaire evaluating the type, distribution and size of pruriginous lesions, the representative body area and exact number of lesions, the activity in the terms of percentage of pruriginous lesions with excoriations/crusts on top and the percentage of healed pruriginous lesions, which is proved to be a useful tool to objectively measure PN patients over time.

Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) at week 12up to 12 weeks

The DLQI is a questionnaire with scores ranging from 0 to 30. The total scores of 30 points represent the worst possible quality of life due to pruritus and a change of the score of ≥4 points is considered to be clinically important.

Itchy specific quality of life (Itchy QoL) at week 12up to 12 weeks

The Itchy QoL includes 22 pruritus-specific items as follows: 6 symptoms, 7 functional limitation, and 9 emotions.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the proportion of patients with reduction in WI-NRS by ≥4 points from baseline at week 12 and week 16.up to 16 weeks

WI-NRS represents Worst Itch-Numeric Rating Scale score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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