Green tea cream shows promise for rare 'Fish Scale' skin disease
NCT ID NCT01222000
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a cream made from green tea extract (Veregen) on 6 people with lamellar ichthyosis, a rare genetic condition that causes severe dry, scaly skin. Participants applied the cream to one side of their body and a standard moisturizer to the other for 4 weeks. The goal was to see if the green tea cream could improve skin scaling and roughness better than moisturizer alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- green tea extract (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) cream
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new topical treatment to ease skin scaling and roughness in lamellar ichthyosis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 6 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment is tested on just one side of the body, and it may not work or may cause skin irritation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de dermatologie CHU de Nice
Nice, France
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Toulouse University Hospital, Dermatology Department
Toulouse, France
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