- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03883269
Anti-inflammatory Effects of Topical Erythromycin and Clindamycin in Acne Patients
A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Evaluator-blinded, Study to Assess the Anti-inflammatory Effects of Topical Erythromycin and Clindamycin in Patients With Inflammatory Facial Acne
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Robert Rissmann, PharmD, PhD
- Phone Number: +31 71 5246 400
- Email: clintrials@chdr.nl
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Diana Noort
- Phone Number: +31 71 5246 400
- Email: clintrials@chdr.nl
Study Locations
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Leiden, Netherlands, 2333 CL
- Recruiting
- Centre for Human Drug Research
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Contact:
- Robert Rissmann, PharmD, PhD
- Phone Number: +31 71 5246 400
- Email: clintrials@chdr.nl
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Contact:
- Diana Noort
- Phone Number: +31 71 5246 400
- Email: clintrials@chdr.nl
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy male and female subjects, 18 to 45 years of age. The health status is verified by absence of evidence of any clinical significant active or uncontrolled chronic disease other than AV following a detailed medical history, a complete physical examination including vital signs, 12-lead ECG, hematology, blood chemistry, virology and urinalysis;
- Mild to moderate inflammatory acne vulgaris on the face, ≥5 inflammatory lesions (papules and/or pustules), present at screening and baseline visit
- A maximum of 5 nodules present at screening and baseline visit
- Inflammatory acne present for at least 6 months
- Fitzpatrick skin type I-II (Caucasian)
- Able and willing to give written informed consent and to comply with the study restrictions.
- Willing to comply with 2x2mm facial skin punch biopsies
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe acne where systemic treatment is needed
- Use of any topical (anti-acne) medication (prescription or OTC) within 2 weeks prior to baseline
- Use of any oral/systemic treatment for acne, including oral antibiotics, excluding OAC, within 4 weeks prior to baseline
- Use of systemic isotretinoin within 6 months prior to baseline
- History of pathological scar formation (keloid, hypertrophic scar)
- Known hypersensitivity to erythromycin or clindamycin, drugs of the same class, or any of their excipients.
- Known contact dermatitis reaction to any product
- Tanning due to sunbathing, excessive sun exposure or a tanning booth within 3 weeks of enrollment.
- Participation in an investigational drug or device study within 3 months prior to screening or more than 4 times a year.
- Loss or donation of blood over 500 mL within three months (males) or four months (females) prior to screening
- Pregnant, a positive pregnancy test, intending to become pregnant, or breastfeeding
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Erythromycin 4%
Erythromycin 4% topical gel formulation, BID, 4 weeks
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Erythromycin 4% topical gel formulation, BID, 4 weeks
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Experimental: Clindamycin 1%
Clindamycin 1% topical lotion formulation, BID, 4 weeks
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Clindamycin 1% topical lotion formulation, BID, 4 weeks
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Placebo Comparator: ethanol solution
70% topical ethanol solution, BID, 4 weeks
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70% topical ethanol solution, BID, 4 weeks
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Efficacy endpoint 1 - Change in lesion count
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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The inflammatory lesions include papules pustules and nodules/cysts.
At screening and every study visit, the evaluator will count the inflammatory lesions separately by area on the face (forehead, right cheek, left cheek, chin and nose).
All lesion counts during the treatment and follow-up period will be performed by a treatment-blinded evaluator
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Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Efficacy endpoint 2 - Change in investigator Global Assessment acne (IGA)
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Acne severity will be assessed at screening and every study visit by the Investigator Global Assessment for facial acne (clear, almost clear, mild, moderate, severe, very severe).
This will be done by a treatment blinded evaluator.
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Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Change in Patient Reported Outcome (PRO)
Time Frame: Day 0 and day 28
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Pre-dose and at EOT patients will be asked how they would rate their acne that day using the subjective Patient Global Assessment (clear, almost clear, mild, moderate, severe, very severe)
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Day 0 and day 28
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 1 - Change in Standardized facial photography by Canfield Visia and via selfie app
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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A standardized set of 3 facial photos (front, left, right) will be taken every study visit by Canfield Visia CR.
Furthermore, patients will take daily selfies with a validated mobile app.
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Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 2 - Change in Sebum measurements by Sebumeter®
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Sebum excretion will be measured every study visit by Sebumeter®.
The measurement will be repeated for 3 times and the average will be used for the analysis.
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Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 3 - Change in Perfusion by Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI)
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Cutaneous microcirculation will be assessed using the laser speckle imager (LSCI; PeriCam PSI System, Perimed Jäfälla, Sweden). Measurements have to be performed in a temperature controlled room with a temperature around 22°C. The subject has to get accommodated to the room temperature for a minimum of 15 minutes prior to testing. After this, the speckle assessments can commence. Briefly, the subject will be resting for at least ten minutes before any measurements take place. A suitable area of the face will be identified. This area will be illuminated' by the laser and the response signal will be captured. If no suitable area can be identified, the measurement will not be performed and data will be entered as missing. |
Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 4 - Change in Morphology by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Skin morphology will be assessed by optical coherence tomography at every study visit.
Optical coherence tomography uses reflected light returning from skin tissue to create an image of the skin and 2 mm below the skin.
The visualization can be done because different skin structures reflect light in a different way and can therefore be distinguished.
Optical coherence tomography is similar to ultrasound however instead of sound it uses light refraction to visualize tissue.
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Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 5 - Change in Local skin biopsy biomarkers
Time Frame: Day 0 and day 28
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Two-millimetre punch biopsies are taken at day 0 and day 28 from a papule or pustule.
Moreover, at day 0 a biopsy will be taken from nonlesional non-facial skin (upper back) as healthy control.
The biopsies will be placed in RNAlater medium directly after harvest of the biopsy and stored at 4°C.
Biomarker sequencing will be performed by RNA extraction and quantitative PCR will be performed for a subset of immunomodulatory biomarkers (including but not limited to IL-1b, IL-1a, TNF-a IL-6, IL-12, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17, IFN-g).
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Day 0 and day 28
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 6 - Change in Local skin surface biomarkers by TAP
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Skin biomarkers will be measured pre-dose and after 7, 14, 21, 28, and 42 days by TAP (FibroTx, Estonia). TAP consists of a multiplex capture-antibody micro-array that is supported by a dermal adhesive bandage for fixture to skin. When TAP is applied to skin and left on for 20 minutes, the antibodies printed on the micro-array capture biomarkers from skin through immune recognition. Biomarkers (IL-1a, IL-1b, TNF-a, IL-8, IL-6, IL-17) captured from skin by TAP are qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by spot-ELISA by a specific TAP analyzer. |
Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 7 - Change in skin microbiota
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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The skin swab will be placed in a 2 ml lysis tube containing DNA/RNA shield to stabilize and preserve the DNA.
The DNA extraction will be performed using adapted DNA extraction method based on the Zymo Research fecal DNA extraction methodology.
The microbiome will be analyzed according to 16S rRNA gene sampling
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Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 8 - Change over time in p. acnes cultures
Time Frame: Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Swabs of predefined lesional (papule of pustule) and non-lesional skin will be taken with a sterile cotton swab. Colony numbers (colony forming units - CFU) and minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) will be reported. In addition, swabs of other lesions (i.e. nodules or scars) may be taken if applicable. Moreover, in order to study P. acnes in the pilosebaceous unit a comedo extraction will be performed and the sebum will be cultured for P. acnes. Comedo extraction will be performed if applicable (i.e. if the patient has comedones). |
Day 0, day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28 and day 42
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Pharmacodynamic endpoints 9 - Change over time in faecal microbiota
Time Frame: before day 0 and after day 28
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Faecal samples will be collected at home.
Subjects will use a 'faeces catcher' in their toilet and afterwards use a cotton swab to transfer a scoop of faeces to a 2 ml lysis tube (REF ZY-R1103, Zymo Research) containing DNA/RNA shield to stabilize and preserve the DNA.
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before day 0 and after day 28
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Robert Rissmann, PharmD, PhD, CHDR
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Skin Diseases
- Acneiform Eruptions
- Sebaceous Gland Diseases
- Acne Vulgaris
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Anti-Infective Agents, Local
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Gastrointestinal Agents
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
- Ethanol
- Erythromycin
- Erythromycin Estolate
- Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate
- Erythromycin stearate
- Clindamycin
- Clindamycin palmitate
- Clindamycin phosphate
Other Study ID Numbers
- CHDR1732
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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