ational trial on home ultraviolet B (UVB) phototherapy for psoriasis
Completed
- Conditions
- PsoriasisSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN83025173
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU) (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 196
Inclusion Criteria
1. Psoriasis patients: plaque or guttata psoriasis
2. Eligible for total-body home UVB phototherapy based on the severity of the psoriatic skin lesions
3. Willing AND capable to participate in both possible treatment arms (treatment at home and in the hospital)
4. Sufficient knowledge of the dutch language
5. Age 18 years or more
6. Does have a telephone
Exclusion Criteria
1. Analphabetism
2. Expected non-compliance
3. History of malignancy of the skin
4. Known UVB allergy
5. Chronic polymorphic light eruption (CPLE)
6. Use of (systemic) medication with known phototoxic or photo-allergic properties
7. Use of the following systemic medication: cyclosporin (neoral), methotrexate, acitretin (neotigason)
8. History of ionising radiation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method