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NCT06397781Not yet recruitingPhase 4

Effect of S. Aureus Skin Decolonization on Disease Severity in Atopic Dermatitis Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Our hypothesis is that S. aureus skin decolonization in atopic dermatitis reduces disease severity and favorably alters the function and gene expression of epidermal and immune skin cells that contribute to disease severity.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
First submitted
30 Apr 2024
Start date
1 Jan 2031
Primary completion date
Dec 2035
Lead sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
NCT number
NCT06397781

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Planned participants: 100
  • From 1 Jan 2031 to the primary completion date, Dec 2035
  • 1 site 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

  • Use within 4 weeks of systemic treatment with immunosuppressive/immunomodulating drugs (corticosteroids, cyclosporine, mycophenolate, azathioprine, methotrexate)
  • Treatment with biologics (dupilumab, omalizumab, benralizumab, etc) within sixteen weeks
  • Use of topical steroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors within 7 days
  • Asthmatics receiving more than 500 μg per day of inhaled corticosteroids

Other illness

  • Hypersensitivity to an agent used for the skin decolonization protocol
  • History of (HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis malignancy
  • Severe ongoing medical illnesses e.g. cardiovascular, renal disease, autoimmune disease.
  • Febrile illness at time of visits
  • Suspected immune deficiency or family history of primary immunodeficiency

Other

  • . Enrollment in another clinical trial
  • Phototherapy for AD within 4 weeks
  • Bleach baths within 7 days of the first Visit
  • Use of oral or topical antibiotics within 21 days of the beginning of the study
  • Skin comorbidities that may interfere with assessments: psoriasis, cutaneous T Cell lymphoma,,
  • Pregnancy

Who the study is looking for

  • Male or female participants ≥6 yrs of age
  • Meet atopic dermatitis Standard Diagnostic Criteria
  • SCORAD \> 40.

Age in the registry: 6 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Boston Children's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status

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