New cream could soothe stubborn hand eczema in teens
NCT ID NCT05355818
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a cream called delgocitinib in 98 teens aged 12-17 with moderate to severe chronic hand eczema. Participants applied the cream or a placebo twice daily for 16 weeks. Doctors checked how well the cream cleared eczema and tracked side effects. The goal is to see if this cream offers a new option for teens who haven't gotten relief from standard treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- delgocitinib cream
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for teens with chronic hand eczema that hasn't responded well to standard steroid creams.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, but results are not yet published. The cream may not work better than the placebo, and side effects are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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98 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Finished
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Dec 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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12 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Age 12 to 17 years at screening and baseline. * Diagnosis of CHE, defined as hand eczema that has persisted for more than 3 months or returned twice or more within the last 12 months. * Disease severity graded as moderate to severe at screening and baseline according to IGA CHE (i.e. an IGA-CHE score of 3 or 4). * Subjects who have a documented recent history of inadequate response to treatment with topical corticosteroids (TCS) (at any time within 1 year before the screening visit) or for whom TCS are documented to be otherwise medically inadvisable (e.g. due to important side effects or safety risks). * Inadequate response is defined as a history of failure to achieve and maintain a low disease activity state (comparable to an IGA-CHE score of ≤2) despite treatment with a daily regimen of TCS of class III-IV (potent to very potent) for Europe and Australia and class IV-I (medium potency to very/ultra-high potency) for Canada, applied for at least 28 days or for the maximum duration recommended by the product prescribing information, whichever is shorter. * Important side effects or safety risks are those that outweigh the potential treatment benefits and include intolerance to treatment, hypersensitivity reactions, and significant skin atrophy as assessed by the physician. Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent skin diseases on the hands, e.g. tinea manuum. * Clinically significant infection (e.g. impetiginised hand eczema) on the hands. * Systemic treatment with immunosuppressive drugs (e.g. methotrexate, cyclosporine, azathioprine), immunomodulating drugs, retinoids (e.g. alitretinoin), or corticosteroids within 28 days prior to baseline (steroid eyedrops and inhaled or intranasal steroids corresponding to up to 1 mg prednisolone for allergic conjunctivitis, asthma, or rhinitis are allowed). * Use of tanning beds, phototherapy (e.g. ultraviolet B (UVB), ultraviolet A1 (UVA1), psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA)), or bleach baths on the hands within 28 days prior to baseline. * Previous or current treatment with JAK inhibitors (including delgocitinib/LEO 124249), systemic or topical. * Cutaneously applied treatment with immunomodulators (e.g. PDE-4 inhibitors, pimecrolimus, tacrolimus) or TCS on the hands within 14 days prior to baseline. * Use of systemic antibiotics or cutaneously applied antibiotics on the hands within 14 days prior to baseline. * Other cutaneously applied therapy on the hands (except for the use of subject's own emollients) within 7 days prior to baseline. * Cutaneously applied treatments in regions other than the hands, which could interfere with clinical trial evaluations or pose a safety concern within 7 days prior to baseline. * Any disorder which is not stable and could: * Affect the safety of the subject throughout the trial. * Impede the subject's ability to complete the trial. Examples include but are not limited to cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, neurological, musculoskeletal, infectious, endocrine, metabolic, haematological, immunological, and psychiatric disorders, and major physical impairment.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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LEO Pharma investigational site
Darlinghurst, 2010, Australia
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LEO Pharma investigational site
Mitcham, 3132, Australia
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Phillip, 2606, Australia
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Woolloongabba, 4102, Australia
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Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Gilly, 6060, Belgium
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Liège, 4000, Belgium
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Edmonton, T6G 1C3, Canada
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Fredericton, E3B 1G9, Canada
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Kingston, K7L 2V7, Canada
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Montreal, H3T 1C5, Canada
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Red Deer, T4P1K4, Canada
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St. John's, NL A1E 1V4, Canada
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Toronto, M2N 3A6, Canada
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Winnipeg, R3C 0N2, Canada
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Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, 13500, France
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Nice, 06000, France
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Reims, 51100, France
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Toulouse, 31059, France
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Chorzów, 41-516, Poland
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Krakow, 30-002, Poland
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Krakow, 30-033, Poland
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Krakow, 31-011, Poland
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Warsaw, 02-625, Poland
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Wroclaw, 51-503, Poland
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Alicante, 03010, Spain
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Barcelona, 08041, Spain
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Cadiz, 11009, Spain
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Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950, Spain
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Fuenlabrada, 28942, Spain
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Granada, 18016, Spain
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Ipswich, IP4 5PD, United Kingdom
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Kings Lynn, PE30 4ET, United Kingdom
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Lincoln, LN2 5QY, United Kingdom
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LEO Pharma investigational site
London, SW10 9NH, United Kingdom
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LEO Pharma investigational site
Walsall, WS2 9PS, United Kingdom
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