Oxygen + light: a new hope for vitiligo repigmentation?
NCT ID NCT07557693
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding hyperbaric oxygen therapy (breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber) to standard narrowband UVB light treatment can help restore skin color in people with vitiligo. Five adults with non-segmental vitiligo will receive UVB twice a week for 24 weeks plus 40 oxygen sessions over 8 weeks. The goal is to see if this combination speeds up repigmentation better than light alone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 5 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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\. Men and women diagnosed with non-segmental vitiligo for at least for 3 months 2. ≥ 18 years old 3. Body surface area (BSA) involvement between 4%-60% inclusive, excluding involvements at palms of the hands, soles of the feet, or dorsal aspect of the feet, and 4. BSA ≥0.5% involvement on the face 5. VASI ≥3 6. Active and stable vitiligo 7. For women of child-bearing age, an effective contraception (estroprogestative pill, contraceptive implant, IUD, condoms or tubal ligation) should be used for more than one month before the inclusion in the study. A urine pregnancy test (βHCG in urines) will be performed 8. Affiliation to a social security system 9. Signed informed consent 10. Patient willing and able to attend all study visits. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Immunocompromised patients 2. Personal history of skin cancer or photo dermatosis 3. Use of UVB photosensitizing drugs 4. Concomitant dermatosis which, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the evaluation of vitiligo 5. Segmental or mixed vitiligo 6. Patients with more than 33% of leucotrichia on the lesions 7. Patients with contraindications to HBO therapy 8. Any other pathological condition or therapeutic treatment identified during the initial consultation and considered a contraindication to hyperbaric exposure 9. Patients with active infection or other systemic/ inflammatory disease 10. Tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis 11. Vulnerable people: pregnant or breast-feeding women, minors, adult under guardianship, deprived of freedom or with psychiatric condition 12. Participants in other clinical therapeutic studies involving a drug that could interfere with the present evaluation.
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CHU de Nice
Nice, Alpes-maritimes, 06200, France
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