Scientists dig into skin healing mysteries in immune disorders
NCT ID NCT04864886
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 14 times
Summary
This study aims to understand how the immune system and skin healing are connected in people with primary immunodeficiency, psoriasis, or eczema, as well as in healthy volunteers. Researchers will collect skin biopsies, blood samples, and optional skin swabs to analyze microbes and metabolic pathways. No treatment is given; the goal is to gather knowledge that may guide future therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Healthy volunteers will be recruited through the Clinical Research Volunteer Program. We anticipate that most patient participants will be existing CC participants referred from ongoing NIH protocols;they may also be self-referred through their own initiative or referred by outside physicians.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Meets one of the following: 1. Has documentation of PID confirmed by genetic evaluation demonstrating a deleterious variant in the gene (or genes) known to be associated with immune deficiency (confirmed PID); or 2. Has documented variant of undetermined significance in a gene (or genes) that is predicted to be deleterious in immune function by the investigators OR a clinical history of infections which are more frequent, more chronic, or more severe than normal (suspected PID); or 3. Has physician-diagnosed psoriasis; or 4. Has physician-diagnosed AD; or 5. Does not have clinically apparent evidence of any monogenic or digenic immune defect, AD, or psoriasis (healthy volunteers). 2. Aged 18 to 75 years. 3. Willing to allow storage of blood, biopsy tissue, bacterial and fungal cultures, and any other samples collected for future research. 4. Able to provide informed consent. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Current or prior (within 3 months) anticoagulant or anti-platelet therapy (other than aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). 2. Current or prior (within 3 months) use of immunomodulatory drugs (eg, chemotherapy, steroids), except if approved by the principal investigator. 3. History of keloid formation. 4. Pregnancy, lactating, or breastfeeding. 5. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicates participation in the study. Co-enrollment guidelines: Participants may be co-enrolled in other studies; however, study staff should be notified of co-enrollment.
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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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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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