Narrowband UVB Light Therapy to Patients With Dark Skin Types Who Have 10% of Their Body Involved With Psoriasis Vulgaris.

NCT00220025 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2012-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study offers narrowband UVB light therapy to patients with both light and dark skin types who have 10% of their body involved with psoriasis vulgaris.

Conditions

  • Psoriasis Vulgaris

Interventions

DEVICE

Phototherapy

The patient begins total body NBUVB that day at a dose that is 50% of the MED. Patients are treated 3-7 times per week, with increasing doses at every treatment if no burning occurs. This is continued until clearance of disease or maximum efficacy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mary Sullivan-Whalen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James G. Krueger, MD · Rockefeller University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2009-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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