Phase 3 - Evaluation of Veregen® 10% Ointment as New Herbal Topical Treatment for Actinic Keratosis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAresus Pharma GmbH

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to show superiority of Veregen® 10% ointment to Placebo measured by complete (100%) clearance of a pre-defined treatment area (TA) following a treatment period of 12 weeks and a 4-weeks post-treatment (PT) period (i.e., after 16 weeks at most in patients without complete clearance at the end of the treatment (EoT) period).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients willing to participate, obtained written informed consent.

Male or female patients ≥ 18 years.

Clinically confirmed diagnosis of mild to moderate Actinic keratosis (AK) of the face including the forehead (excluding eyelids, lips and mucosa) and/or the bald scalp.

Presence of at least 4 but not more than 8 isolated (i.e. discrete and quantifiable) AK lesions located in a contiguous treatment area (TA) on the face and/or bald scalp of 25 square-cm.

Disqualifiers

TA is within 5 cm of an incompletely healed wound or infected area of the skin.

Patients not willing to abstain from sunbathing (including solarium) or any outdoor activities with intensive sun exposure without taking appropriate measures to protect the treatment areas during the study.

Patients with a tendency to manipulate skin parts e.g. scratching.

Pregnant or breast-feeding patients.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Topical treatment

    Drug

    Self-treatment of patients with ointment of a pre-defined treatment area (TA) following a treatment period of 12 weeks and a 4-weeks post-treatment (PT) period (i.e., after 16 weeks at most in patients without complete clearance at the end of the treatment (EoT) period).

Treatment groups

280 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Verum arm using Veregen® 10% ointmentExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Placebo arm using placebo to Veregen® 10% ointmentPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Primary objective is to show superiority of Veregen® 10% ointment to Placebo measured by complete (100%) clearance of a pre-defined treatment area (TA) following a treatment period of 12 weeks and a 4-weeks post-treatment (PT) period.

The primary objective of the study is to show superiority of Veregen® 10% ointment to Placebo measured by complete (100%) clearance of a pre-defined treatment area (TA) following a treatment period of 12 weeks and a 4-weeks post-treatment (PT) period (i.e., after 16 weeks at most in patients without complete clearance at the end of the treatment (EoT) period).

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of treatment period at 12 weeks and a 4-weeks post-treatment (PT) period (i.e., after 16 weeks).

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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