Psoriasis Drug's skin gene secrets revealed in small trial
NCT ID NCT01872546
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how the drug adalimumab affects gene activity in the skin of people with chronic plaque psoriasis. Researchers compared skin samples from normal, non-lesional, and lesional areas before and after treatment. The goal was to understand the immune changes that happen when the drug works, not to test if it works. Only 18 adults participated, and the study is already completed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Adalimumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors understand how adalimumab works in the skin and guide better psoriasis treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study (18 people) focused on gene patterns, not on proving the drug works. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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18 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2013
- Finished
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Sep 2013
- 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.
- Ages
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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: * Adults with chronic plaque psoriasis involving at least 10% of body surface area with no previous biotherapy. * Adalimumab prescribed in usual practice Exclusion Criteria: * Patients presenting a contraindication to the use of Adalimumab: hypersensibility in Adalimumab or in one of the excipients. * Patients presenting an evolutionary tuberculosis or the other severe infections such as sepsis and opportunist infections. * Patients with one cardiac insufficiencies moderated in severe. * Patients under anakinra or abatacept. * Patients with a current participation in another study of clinical research.
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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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Chu Poitiers
Poitiers, 86021, France
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