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Checking safety and effectiveness of Apremilast tablets in patients with Lichen Planus, an inflammatory disorder that appears as purplish, flat-topped bumps when it affects the skin.

Phase 4
Conditions
Health Condition 1: L438- Other lichen planus
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/05/025197
Lead Sponsor
Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Closed to Recruitment of Participants
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Both male and female patients aged >= 18 years and <= 60 years.

2.Patients with history of cutaneous or mucosal lichen planus.

3.Patients with a PGA score of 3 or more.

4.Patients with biopsy/dermoscopy confirmed lichen planus.

5.Patients who are candidates for systemic therapies.

6.Patients who are refractory to treatment with topical corticosteroids.

7.Patients who are ready to give written informed consent, which includes a commitment to comply with all requirements, specified in the study protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients with lichen sclerosis et atrophicus (LS&A)

2.Clinical history and lesion distribution suspicious for a lichenoid drug eruption

3.Pregnant or nursing females.

4.Other skin disease that might interfere with lichen planus assessments.

5.Patients with known hypersensitivity to the study drugs.

6.Patients with immunosuppressive disease or on immunosuppressive drugs.

7.Patients with liver dysfunction.

8.Patients with a history of seizures

9.Patients with history of psychiatric disorders.

10.Evidence of clinically significant disease (e.g., cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal disease) that in the opinion of the Investigator(s) could affect the subjectâ??s safety or interfere with the study assessments.

11.Active severe infections, or prior infection requiring hospitalization or oral/intravenous antibiotics within 4 weeks before screening visit, or between the screening and baseline visits.

12.Any history of or concomitant medical condition that in the opinion of the Investigator(s) would compromise the subjectâ??s ability to safely complete the study.

13.History of drug or alcohol dependency or abuse within approximately the last 2 years.

14.Currently enrolled in another clinical study or used any investigational drug or device within 30 days preceding informed consent or were scheduled to participate in another clinical study that involved an investigational product or investigational drug during the course of this study.

15.Any patient whom the investigator judged to be inappropriate for this study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary efficacy endpoints: Primary end point the study will be the proportion of patients who achieve a significant clinical response in cutaneous disease, defined as a 2-grade or more improvement in the physician global assessment (PGA) score after 12 weeks of treatment.Timepoint: 12 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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