Could a simple skincare routine soothe psoriasis Flare-Ups?
NCT ID NCT06357221
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a daily skincare routine using Cetaphil cleansers and moisturizers can improve skin symptoms and quality of life for people with mild-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Participants apply the products to one side of their body while continuing their usual prescription treatment. Researchers measure changes in affected skin area, lesion severity, and skin texture over 8 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cetaphil (Gentle Skin Cleanser, Moisturizing Cream, Daily Facial Moisturizer SPF 35)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this skincare regimen could become a standard add-on to help manage psoriasis symptoms and improve skin comfort.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, open-label study with no placebo group, so results may not prove the products work better than other moisturizers. Individual skin reactions are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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46 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult subjects aged 18 years and above 2. Females or males 3. Any Fitzpatrick skin types I-VI, with effort to include n = 2 for each category 4. Any races, with effort to include minimum 10% minority (n = 4) such as American Indian or Alaska Native, Eastern/Southeastern Asian, South Asians, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. 5. Any ethnicities, with effort to include minimum 10% (n = 4) of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin 6. Having active target lesion plaques, with minimum area of 2 cm x 2 cm 7. Having mild-to-severe plaque psoriasis with at least 3% Body Surface Area (BSA) and cumulative Target Lesion Severity Score (TLSS) ≥ 6. 8. Currently on or starting a plaque psoriasis prescription treatment such as biologics, oral or topical therapy for psoriasis, or UV therapy. 9. Subject in general good health 10. Subject willing to stop using current topical skincare products during the duration of the study. 11. Subject willing to replace current skincare products with study products for the duration of the study. 12. For female subjects of childbearing potential, she must not be pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy during the course of the study. Subjects must be willing to take a urine pregnancy test (UPT) at Baseline visit. (Females of non-childbearing potential, e.g., post-menopausal (absence of menstrual bleeding for 1 year without any other medical reason), hysterectomy, or bilateral ovariectomy, are not required to have a UPT.) 13. Ability of giving consent for participation in the study 14. Willing to sign a photography release, with minimum 80% of total study panel 15. Agreement to adhere to the procedures and requirements of the study and to report to the site on the day(s) and at the time(s) scheduled for the assessments Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy during the course of the study. 2. Subjects with any known allergies or hypersensitivity to any cosmetics, personal care products, and/or fragrances. 3. History of cancer within the past 5 years 4. History or presence of any skin condition/disease, besides plaque psoriasis, that might interfere with the diagnosis or evaluation of study parameters at the discretion of the investigator. 5. Planning on having surgeries and/or invasive medical procedures during the course of the study 6. Treatment with chemotherapy, immunosuppressive agents, prescription corticosteroids for psoriasis, immunomodulatory therapy (e.g., monoclonal antibodies or antiviral treatment for human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C) 7. History or presence of any medical condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would make the subject unsuitable for inclusion (e.g., a chronic, relapsing, or hereditary disease that may interfere the outcome of the study). 8. Other condition preventing the subject from entering the study in the Investigator's opinion, (e.g., subjects failing baseline assessments, subjects not likely to avoid other treatments in the treated areas, subjects anticipated to be unavailable or incapable of understanding the study assessments or having unrealistic expectations of the treatment result). 9. Study site personnel, close relatives of the study site personnel (e.g., parents, children, siblings, or spouse), or employees and close relatives of employees at the Sponsor company. 10. Participation in any interventional clinical study within 30 days of screening or planning to participate in another interventional clinical research study while enrolled in this trial.
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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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Dermatology Consulting Services
High Point, North Carolina, 27262, United States
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Southeast Dermatology Specialists, LLC
Columbus, Georgia, 31904, United States
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Southeast Dermatology Specialists, LLC
Douglasville, Georgia, 30135, United States
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