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Enrolling by invitationPhase 4

Efficacy and Safety of Apremilast in Combination with NBUVB and NBUVB Alone in Vitiligo Patients

Key facts

Who runs it
Dow University of Health Sciences
Where
Karachi, PakistanSee the site
Trial code
Status
Enrolling by invitation
Phase
Phase 4
People taking part
30 people, planned
Started
1 Jan 2025
Expected to end
30 Mar 2027
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Apremilast with NB-UVB
  • NB-UVB
Record updated
11 March 2025

Who can take part

Age
18 years to 70 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patients age 18 years and above
  • Patients of both genders (male and female)
  • Diagnosed patients of non-segmental vitiligo involving > 5% of BSA

Who cannot take part

  • Concomitant active infection like tuberculosis
  • Use of phototherapy within 4 weeks before randomization
  • Personal history of cutaneous malignancy
  • Pregnant and lactating women
  • Use of apremilast in the past 4 weeks

Check if you might fit

Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.

  • Are you between 18 and 70 years old?

Where in Pakistan

  • Dow International Medical College , DUHSKarachi, PakistanNo longer taking part

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Patients of non-segmental vitiligo, fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be selected from the OPD, dermatology department. It\'s an interventional study where Group A patient will be given NBUVB and Tab Apremilast 30 mg twice a day and Group B will receive NBUVB alone.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Apremilast with phototherapyTreatment being tested
  • Phototherapy aloneExisting treatment, for comparison

    Treatment: NB-UVB

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Comparison Between Apremilast in Combination with NBUVB and NBUVB Alone in Vitiligo - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Fit questions
Built from NCT06593197, who can take part
Record updated
11 March 2025