New combo therapy could ease painful mouth condition
NCT ID NCT07131813
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding the drug tofacitinib to standard steroid ointment can better control oral lichen planus, a chronic inflammatory mouth condition. About 60 adults with moderate to severe disease will receive either tofacitinib pills or placebo alongside their usual steroid treatment for 12 weeks. The goal is to see if the combination reduces disease severity and pain more effectively while potentially lowering steroid-related side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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
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: * Patients aged ≥18 of either sex with the clinical diagnosis of oral lichen planus. * Patients with a PGA score of ≥3 (moderate and severe oral LP). * Patients who are willing to give informed written consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Treatment with a systemic corticosteroid within the last 4 weeks. * Patients on immunosuppressive agents such as azathioprine, cyclosporine, and others within one month of recruitment. * Patients with a clinical history and any lesion distribution suspicious of a lichenoid drug eruption, and patients with other skin diseases. * Past or current history of any malignancy, including moderate to severe dysplasia of the oral mucosa on oral biopsy. * Severe active infection, including active tuberculosis, hepatitis B, or C infection * Patients with cytopenia (Hb \<9g/dl, leukocyte count \<4000/mm3, platelet count \<100,000/mm3) * The patient with a history of alcohol abuse. * Decreased liver or renal function (creatinine \> 2.0mg/dl, total bilirubin \> 2.5 mg/dl). * Severe acute infection, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, severe cardiac disease (NYHA grade IV), MI in the last four weeks, severe schizophrenia, or depression. * Patient with a history of hypersensitivity to topical Triamcinolone or Tofacitinib. * Pregnancy and lactation, women of childbearing age without effective contraception.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AIIMS, Bhubaneswar
RECRUITINGBhubaneswar, Odisha, 751019, India
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