New gadget aims to take the guesswork out of measuring skin hardening in scleroderma
NCT ID NCT07543679
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a new device called ADHELASKIN to see if it can measure skin stiffness more accurately than the current method (feeling the skin by hand) in people with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). The study will compare 100 participants: those with scleroderma and healthy volunteers. The goal is to find a more objective and reliable way to track skin damage, which could improve how doctors monitor the disease.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 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
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- Ages
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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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients affiliated with or eligible for social security * Patients who have received informed consent about the study and have co-signed, with the investigator, a consent form to participate in the study * For case patients: Patients with SSc according to the 2013 ACR/EULAR criteria * For healthy patients: Patients without significant skin lesions who are outpatients or inpatients at a department of the Saint-Etienne University Hospital * For healthy volunteers: Volunteers without significant skin lesions who work at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital and whose participation in the study does not require any special travel Exclusion Criteria: * Persons deprived of their liberty, hospitalized without consent, hospitalized for purposes other than research; * Adults subject to legal protection measures (guardianship-curatorship) or unable to express their consent * Inflammatory or scarring dermatoses in different individuals
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Priest-en-Jarez, Pays de la Loire Region, 42270, France