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NCT03926377CompletedPhase 4

Influence of Dermocorticoids on Bone Mineral Density in Patients With Bullous Pemphigoid

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Bullous pemphigoid is the most common type of bullous skin disease and is clinically characterized by clear-tense bullae, which result in post-bullous cutaneous erosions, altering the skin barrier. The treatment of this pathology consists of the application of high doses of topical corticosteroids (clobetasol propionate) for a prolonged period of at least 6 months. The main objective of this study is to demonstrate a change in bone mineral density at 6 months after initiation of treatment, in subjects with bullous pemphigoid and treated with topical corticosteroid.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50 (actual)
First submitted
15 Apr 2019
Start date
11 Dec 2020
Primary completion date
22 Oct 2025
Lead sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Diseases
Osteoporosis
NCT number
NCT03926377

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Participants enrolled: 50
  • From 11 Dec 2020 to the primary completion date, 22 Oct 2025
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Patients receiving anti-osteoporotic maintenance treatment (zoledronic acid, risedronate, alendronate, pamidronate, ibandronate, teriparatide, denosumab, raloxifene).
  • Patients who have received topical corticosteroids for more than one week during the two weeks preceding inclusion.

Other illness

  • Patients presenting with one or more major risk factors for osteoporosis:
    • In men and premenopausal women: newly diagnosed or radiologically confirmed vertebral fracture without an obvious traumatic or tumor-related context; personal history of a peripheral fracture occurring without major trauma; systemic corticosteroid therapy prescribed for at least three consecutive months at a dose ≥ 7.5 mg/day prednisone equivalent; prolonged hypogonadism; untreated active hyperthyroidism; hypercortisolism; primary hyperparathyroidism; and osteogenesis imperfecta.

Age

  • In postmenopausal women: premature menopause \< 40 years of age; BMI \< 19 kg/m²; parental history of femoral neck fracture without major trauma in a first-degree relative; history of corticosteroid therapy for at least three consecutive months at a dose ≥ 7.5 mg/day prednisone equivalent.

Other

  • Patients requiring immediate initiation of anti-osteoporotic maintenance treatment (T-score \< -3 SD at at least one site or FRAX® score above the therapeutic intervention threshold).

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients aged ≥ 18 years
  • Patients with newly diagnosed bullous pemphigoid (BP), treated according to the national diagnostic and care protocol issued by the French Reference Center for Autoimmune Bullous Diseases in April 2016.
  • In patients for whom lumbar spine bone densitometry cannot be interpreted at several vertebral levels from L1 to L4 (severe lumbar osteoarthritis, history of lumbar vertebroplasty, osteosynthesis hardware), the data will be interpreted using the remaining evaluable vertebrae. If the BMD of none of the vertebrae from L1 to L4 is evaluable, only hip BMD will be interpreted.
  • Patients, or their legal representative, who have received written and oral information and have signed an informed consent form.
  • Social Security affiliation.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
CHU Amiens
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AmiensFranceUnknown status
CHU Rouen
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RouenFranceUnknown status

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