New pill shows promise for tough psoriasis cases
NCT ID NCT07233291
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an oral medication called roflumilast in 36 adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Over 12 weeks, researchers will measure how much the skin improves and check for side effects. The goal is to see if this drug can help reduce symptoms like redness, scaling, and itching.
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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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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
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.
- 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: * Psoriatic patients ≥ 18 years in whom systemic therapy is indicated. * Chronic stable plaque psoriasis. * Patients who don't use other systemic therapy for psoriasis in the last 2 months (or naïve who didn't use any systemic therapy before). * Safe contraception during the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or lactating women, as well as women of childbearing potential not using an effective method of contraception. * Age \<18 years. * Other concomitant psoriasis systemic treatments such as Acitretin and biologics. * Previous systemic treatment of psoriasis in the last 2 months. * Patients receiving inducers or inhibitors of cytochromes CYP3A4 and CYP1A. * Other systemic diseases other than COPD, especially hepatic impairment. * Hypersensitivity to the active substance of roflumilast or to any of its excipients * The use of contraception with gestodene and ethinylestradiol * Unreliable patients.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mansoura University Hospital
RECRUITINGAl Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, 35511, Egypt
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