Evaluation Of Levels Of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) In Patients With Psoriasis.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 52
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- changes in serum and tissue levels of (PEDF) in patients with psoriasis
研究概览
简要总结
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with increase interaction of inflammatory mediators like adipokines. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is one of the most abundant adipokines and have anti-angiogenesis effect. There is a study showed that PEDF level is up-regulated in the sera of psoriasis patients.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Screening
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients with psoriasis and group of age and sex-matched healthy volunteers will be included as a control group.
排除标准
- •Pregnancy.
- •Patients with other inflammatory skin disorders.
- •Patients on antioxidants or anti-inflammatory drugs.
- •Patients on topical or systemic treatment for psoriasis in the last 4 weeks prior to enrollment in the study.
- •Patients on systemic retinoids (Acitretin).
- •Obesity: body mass index (BMI ) >
- •Malignancies e.g squamous cell carcinoma.
- •Viral warts.
- •Diabetes.
- •Hypertension.
研究组 & 干预措施
Group 1: patients with psoriasis
干预措施: serum samples and punch skin biopsies (Other)
Group 2: age-, sex-, BMI-, and weight-matched control subjects.
干预措施: serum samples and punch skin biopsies (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
changes in serum and tissue levels of (PEDF) in patients with psoriasis
时间窗: 12 months
evaluate serum and tissue level of (PEDF) in patients with psoriasis.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Omnia Ahmed Abdelhafez
Resident of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Sohag General Hospital
Sohag University
