Autoimmune Blistering Diseases Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania

About this trial

Pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid (BP) are severe autoimmune blistering diseases (AIBD) that pose a critical need for new therapeutic approaches. Clinical trials in pemphigus and BP will require the availability of validated disease severity measures that can be used to define primary outcomes.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Gender/Age: Males or females above 18 years old

Diagnosis: pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, bullous pemphigoid

Subjects able to give informed consent

Disqualifiers

Patients who are under age 18 years.

Patients without pemphigus or pemphigoid diseases

Penn employees

Penn students

Trial population

Adult patients over the age of 18 who have been diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus or bullous pemphigoid.

Trial design

Design model

Case-only

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Questionnaires

    Other intervention

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pemphigus Disease Area Index (PDAI)

Time frame
one year
2

Bullous Pemphigoid Disease Area Index (BPDAI)

Time frame
one year

Secondary outcomes

1

Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life (ABQOL)

Time frame
one year
2

Treatment of Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life (TABQOL)

Time frame
one year
3

Autoimmune Bullous Skin Disorder Intensity Score (ABSIS)

Time frame
one year

Other outcomes

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