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Atopic DermatitisNCT05971355

Comparison of LimpiAD Cream 2.5% Plus Versus Vehicle and an Emollient in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis

A study testing LimpiAD cream 2,5% plus and Emollient in people with Atopic Dermatitis, run by Aileens Pharma SRL at 5 sites in Italy.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to assess the efficacy and tolerability of LimpiAD, a medical device in the form of a 2.5% Plus cream, as compared to the Vehicle of LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream and a standard emollient used as neutral control, which represents the basic standard treatment (basic therapy)… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 2 to 16 years
Conditions the study is for
Atopic Dermatitis
What is being tested?
LimpiAD cream 2,5% plus and Emollient
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
200 participants
Where
5 sitesItaly
Study dates
10 Mar 2021to 31 Dec 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 2 to 16 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Subjects of both sexes, with age ranging between 2 years and 16 years, Caucasian and in good health, whose parents/tutors provided a written and signed informed consent for their participation in the study shall be enrolled. In particular, as regards parents/tutors:
  • both parents/tutors, in case of joint custody, should provide a written and signed informed consent for the participation of the child in the study, according to the instructions provided by the Investigators.
  • they should accept to bring the child to the clinical trial facility on predefined visit days, according to the instructions provided by the Investigators;
  • they should be willing and able to follow the trial requirements provided by the Investigators.
  • Symptoms and signs compatible with a clinical diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis should be present upon enrollment;
  • The clinical severity of AD should correspond to an EASI ranging between 1.0 and 21.0 and an IGA equal to 2 or 3;
  • Pruritus severity assessed by means of VAS scale ≥ 4 cm) should be referred to the part of the body to be treated, as a requirement for inclusion in the study;
  • The clinical assessment should envisage for the patient the indication of a moisturizing/emollient treatment as single therapy for AD (in accordance with European Guidelines on AD treatment).

Who cannot join

  • The following items are to be considered as exclusion criteria:
  • the application of cortisone-based products on the skin to be treated in the 2 weeks prior to treatment;
  • use of antibiotics and systemic anti-inflammatory drugs for AD in the 2 weeks preceding treatment and during the study (paracetamol is allowed at dosages and indications recommended for use as an antipyretic and analgesic);
  • ongoing baseline treatment (T0) with anti-inflammatory drugs, antihistamines, antitussives and/or inhaled steroids in the 2 previous weeks, retinoids and/or immunosuppressants in the previous 6 months.
  • use of systemic steroids in the 4 weeks prior to the study.
  • Intense and prolonged sun exposure in the 30 days preceding the screening.
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  • severe AD (EASI > 21) or mild/moderate AD requiring a local and/or systemic treatment included among treatments not allowed, as provided for in exclusion criteria;
  • hypersensitivity to the study products.
  • acute or chronic skin diseases - except for atopic eczema - which may invalidate clinical assessments or overlap with AD skin picture;
  • systemic diseases which may affect the subject's safety or wellbeing or interfere with skin response.

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 1 country.

Marco Alfio Cutuli, M.Sc. contact

+393899407083

marco.cutuli@aileenspharma.com

Sonia Longo Sormani, M.Sc. contact

+393486556591

sonia.longo@aileenspharma.com

5 sites in 1 country

Italy5 sites, 4 recruiting
  • University of Bari Hospital

    Bari

    Domenico Bonamonte, Prof, domenico.bonamonte@uniba.it

    Recruiting
  • University of Modena e Reggio Emilia

    Modena

    Francesca Farnetani, Prof, francesca.farnetani@unimore.it

    Recruiting
  • University of Naples Hospital

    Naples

    Giuseppe Argenziano, Prof, g.argenziano@gmail.com

    Recruiting
  • S. Gallicano Hospital

    Rome

    Terminated
  • University Rome La Sapienza (Hospital Umberto I)

    Rome

    Giovanni Pellacani, Prof, pellacani.giovanni@gmail.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Clinical Comparison of LimpiAD Cream 2.5% Plus, Vehicle and an Emollient in Pediatric Patients With Atopic Dermatitis

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to assess the efficacy and tolerability of LimpiAD, a medical device in the form of a 2.5% Plus cream, as compared to the Vehicle of LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream and a standard emollient used as neutral control, which represents the basic standard treatment (basic therapy) of AD according to European Guidelines in pediatric subjects with mild to moderate Atopic Dermatitis.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy and tolerability of LimpiAD, a medical device in the form of a 2.5% Plus cream, as compared to the Vehicle of LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream and a standard emollient used as neutral control, which represents the basic standard treatment (basic therapy) of AD according to European Guidelines in pediatric subjects with mild to moderate Atopic Dermatitis.

This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, stratified, clinical trial of the medical device LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream versus the vehicle of this medical device and versus an emollient in pedriatic Atopic Dermatitis patients that will be randomized in a 2:2:1 fashion to the compound mentioned above.

The study aims to enrol two hundred (200) pediatric subjects of both sexes, with an age ranging between 2 years old and 16 years old with atopic dermatitis of which at least 50 with mild severity (EASI 1.0-7.0 and IGA = 2) and 50 cases with moderate severity (EASI 7.1-21.0 and IGA = 3).

The treatment with the study product or with the control products shall be performed twice daily (morning and evening) after cleansing, for 4 weeks.

Clinical assessments shall be performed at baseline (T0) and after 2 and 4 weeks (T2 and T4) by means of a daily reminder diary.

The primary endpoint is the EASI improvement. The improvement shall be calculated by comparing the baseline value (T0) with the corresponding value at week 4 (T4) for LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream versus the vehicle of LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream and versus the emollient, in terms of detected score reduction (total EASI score).

Being tested
LimpiAD cream 2,5% plus, Vehicle, Emollient
Keywords
Atopic dermatitis, topical treatment, pediatric atopic dermatitis, atopic eczema, LimpiAD
Medical subject headings
Dermatitis, Atopic

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • LimpiAD cream 2,5% plusDevice

    A topical formulation that contains Hyaluronic Acid conjugated with a bacterial wall fragment of Cutibacterium species (HAc-40) and an emollient base. LimpiAD exerts its post-biotic action through the seizure/ trapping and inactivation of catabolites and / or toxins produced by S. aureus as well as protecting the hydrolipidic film, especially in case of dryness, itching, and, in conditions of altered microbiome

  • VehicleOther

    Vehicle of LimpiAD cream 2.5 % plus which has the qualities of an emollient technically enriched with active ingredients known for their use in AD ("plus" emollient) - having the same ingredients of LimpiAD 2.5% Plus cream but without the HAc-40 component.

  • EmollientOther

    Standard emollient used as neutral control, having only a moisturizing and skin barrier action, which represents the basic standard treatment (basic therapy) of atopic dermatitis according to the European Guidelines.

Study groups in NCT05971355
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment groupExperimentalLimpiAD cream 2,5% plus to be applied twice a day (morning and evening) for 4 weeks.
Receives: Device: LimpiAD cream 2,5% plus
Control groupActive comparatorVehicle of LimpiAD cream 2,5% plus to be applied twice a day (morning and evening) for 4 weeks.
Receives: Other: Vehicle
Emollient groupActive comparatorEmollient cream to be applied twice a day (morning and evening) for 4 weeks.
Receives: Other: Emollient

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI)

    The change shall be calculated by comparing the baseline value (T0) with the corresponding value at 4 weeks (T4) for LimpiAD cream 2,5% Plus versus the Vehicle of LimpiAD cream 2,5% Plus in terms of detected score reduction (total EASI score).

    INTERPRET EASI: Clear 0; Almost clear 0.1-1.0 ; Mild 1.1-7.0 ; Moderate 7.1-21.0 ; Severe 21.1-50.0; Very severe 50.1-72.0

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Change in Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) scale for Atopic Dermatitis

    The change shall be calculated by comparing the baseline value (T0) with the corresponding values at 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4) in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms.

    INTERPRET IGA: 0 - Not affected; 1 - Little affected; 2 - Mild erythema; 3 - Moderate erythema; 4 - Severe Marked erythema

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  2. Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) Change

    The change shall be calculated, by comparing the baseline value (T0) with the corresponding values at 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4) in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms in terms of:

    • % of patients reaching a 50% (EASI50), 75% (EASI75), 90% (EASI90) and 100% (EASI100) reduction in the baseline score.

    INTERPRET EASI: Clear 0; Almost clear 0.1-1.0 ; Mild 1.1-7.0 ; Moderate 7.1-21.0 ; Severe 21.1-50.0; Very severe 50.1-72.0

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  3. Change in pruritus at the 4 week (T4)

    Change in pruritus at the 4th week (T4): by improvement we mean a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) reduction below 4 cm, with at least 2-score deviation from baseline (T0), including only the cases with VAS > 5 at baseline, in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms.

    In the visual analogue scale (VAS), patients are asked to mark on a 10-cm ruler ranging from 0 (no itch) to 10 (worst imaginable itch).

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  4. Change in sleep at 4 weeks (T4)

    Change in sleep at 4 weeks (T4) intended as mean a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) reduction below 4 cm, with at least 2-score deviation from baseline (T0), including only the cases with VAS >5 cm at baseline, in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms.

    In the visual analogue scale (VAS), patients are asked to mark on a 10-cm ruler ranging from 0 (no disturbance sleep) to 10 (very much disturbed sleep).

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  5. Change in extension and signs intensity of the target areas

    Change in extension and signs intensity of the target areas, assessed as local Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), by separately considering the skin fold area with respect to the fold-free skin area at 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4) in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  6. Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) questionnaire

    Change in Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI). The change shall be calculated, by comparing the baseline total points (T0) with the corresponding total points at 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4) in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms in terms of:

    • % of achievement of CDLQI <10
    • CDLQI average score reduction

    The CDLQI has 11 questions asking about the impact of a atopic dermatitis on the life of the affected child over the last week.

    Interpretation of QoL: 0-2 = no effect on QoL, 3-7 small effect, 8-13 moderate effect, 14-19 very large effect, 20-33 extremely large effect

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  7. Microbial balance

    Change in Cutibacterium acne/Staphylococcus ratio on the affected skin in the treatment arm with LimpiAD cream 2.5% Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms.

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

  8. Functional recovery

    Functional recovery:

    • change in vascularization measured by dynamic OCT (D-OCT) imaging, assessed in a subsample of subjects, in the treatment arm with LimpiAD 2.5% cream Plus as compared to the other 2 study treatment arms.

    Measured: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Aug 2023
  2. Study start10 Mar 2021
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2024 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator
Enrolment
200 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05971355
Sponsor's protocol ID
LAD-09-20
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
27 Apr 2021
Last updated
6 Feb 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing LimpiAD cream 2,5% plus and Emollient in people with Atopic Dermatitis, run by Aileens Pharma SRL at 5 sites in Italy.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Feb 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Marco Alfio Cutuli, M.Sc. (+393899407083, marco.cutuli@aileenspharma.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) (time frame: Baseline (T0), 2 weeks (T2) and 4 weeks (T4)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Feb 2024.

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