Eczema Drug's ethnic secrets revealed in new study
NCT ID NCT05268107
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how the eczema drug dupilumab works in people of different ethnic backgrounds. Researchers want to understand why Asian and African American people get eczema more often and respond differently to treatment. The study will compare 30 adults with moderate-to-severe eczema from Caucasian, Asian, and African American groups. It does not test a new treatment but aims to improve future care for all.
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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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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Established diagnosis of AD for at least 2 years before the screening visit and confirmed according to the American Academy of Dermatology Consensus Criteria at the time of the screening visit * Moderate-to-severe AD with involvement \> 10% of body-surface-area (BSA) and investigator global assessment (IGA) score 3 (based on the IGA scale ranging from 0 to 4, in which 3 is moderate and 4 is severe) at both the screening and baseline visits * Female subjects of childbearing potential (i.e., fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile) must agree either to commit to true abstinence throughout the study and for 12 weeks after the last study drug injection or to use an adequate and approved method of contraception throughout the study and for 12 weeks after the last study drug injection * Subject willing and able to comply with all of the time commitments and procedural requirements of the clinical study protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Body weight less than 30 kilogram * Subjects meeting 1 or more of the following criteria at screening or baseline: 1. Had an exacerbation of asthma requiring hospitalization in the preceding 12 months. 2. Reporting asthma that has not been well-controlled (ie, symptoms occurring on \>2 days per week, nighttime awakenings 2 or more times per week, or some interference with normal activities) during the preceding 3 months 3. Asthma Control Test (ACT) \< 19 (only for subjects with a history of asthma). 4. Subjects with a current medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and/or chronic bronchitis. * Cutaneous infection within 1 week before the baseline visit, any infection requiring treatment with oral or parenteral antibiotics, antivirals, antiparasitics, or antifungals within 2 weeks before the baseline visit. * Confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection within 4 weeks before the screening or baseline visit * Received COVID-19 vaccination within 4 weeks before baseline visit * Previous treatment with dupilumab * Pregnant women (positive serum pregnancy test result at the screening visit or positive urine pregnancy test at the baseline visit), breastfeeding women, or women planning a pregnancy during the clinical study * History of lymphoproliferative disease or history of malignancy of any organ system within the last 5 years, except for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen's disease), or carcinomas in situ of the cervix that have been treated and have no evidence of recurrence in the last 12 weeks before the baseline visit * History of hypersensitivity (including anaphylaxis) to an immunoglobulin product (plasma-derived or recombinant, i.e., monoclonal antibody) or to lidocaine * Known active or latent tuberculosis (TB) infection * Known or suspected immunosuppression or unusually frequent, recurrent, severe, or prolonged infections as per investigator judgment * History of or current confounding skin condition (i.e., Netherton syndrome, psoriasis, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma \[mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome\], contact dermatitis, chronic actinic dermatitis, dermatitis herpetiformis) * Planned or expected major surgical procedure during the study * Currently participating or participated in any other study of a drug or device, within the past 8 weeks before the screening visit, or is in an exclusion period (if verifiable) from a previous study * History of alcohol or substance abuse within 6 months of the screening * History of poor wound healing or keloid formation
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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