drugset / Trial / NCT02656082

Targeted Therapy Using Intradermal Injection of Etanercept for Remission Induction in Discoid Lupus Erythematosus

NCT02656082

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Etanercept which is given through intradermal injection is effective in the treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). The investigators also would like to develop new tests to measure skin inflammation by scanning the affected skin using optical coherence tomography (OCT), thermography and laser doppler imaging (LDI) and taking photographs of the rash (to be done before and after treatment). If the findings from these new tests are similar to the ones from taking a sample of skin (biopsy), then the latter (which is an invasive test) can be avoided.

Timeline

Start
2016-02-01
Primary completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Etanercept Protein / enzyme biologic Other