Cancer drug repurposed to fight painful, rare skin diseases

NCT ID NCT06545695

Summary

This study is testing if a low dose of an existing cancer drug, erlotinib, can safely reduce the painful skin thickening and scaling caused by rare genetic skin disorders. It will involve 44 adults with confirmed diagnoses of conditions like epidermolytic ichthyosis. The goal is to see if the drug can control the disease by targeting a specific protein pathway in the skin, potentially improving mobility and pain.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

    Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

Locations

  • Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

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