NCT03941431

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to explore intervention time of Chinese medicine and specification of a sequential treatment plan for severe psoriasis with Chinese and Western medicine.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
378

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_2

Timeline
Completed

Started Jun 2019

Geographic Reach
1 country

6 active sites

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 1, 2019

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

May 8, 2019

Completed
24 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 1, 2019

Completed
2.6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 31, 2021

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 31, 2021

Completed
Last Updated

May 8, 2019

Status Verified

May 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

2.6 years

First QC Date

May 1, 2019

Last Update Submit

May 6, 2019

Conditions

Keywords

Plaque PsoriasisJueyin granuleMoving cuppingNB-UVBcombination of Chinese traditional and Western medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Psoriasis area and severity index

    Psoriasis Area and Severity Index involves grading psoriatic plaques based on erythema (E), infiltration (I), desquamation (D). Severity is graded from 0-4 for each criteria (0 - none, 1 - slight, 2 - moderate, 3 - severe, and 4 - very severe). The body is divided into 4 regions, head, upper extremities, trunk, and lower extremities, and for each region, the surface area involvement is graded on a 0-6 scale (0 - 0% involvement, 1 - \<10%, 2 - 10-\<30%, 3 - 30-\<50%, 4 - 50-\<70%, 5 - 70-\<90%, 6 - 90-100%).The highest potential PASI score is 72, with higher PASI scores indicating worse psoriasis.

    Up to 56 days after treatment.

Secondary Outcomes (6)

  • Body surface area (BSA)

    Up to 56 days after treatment.

  • Physician Global Assessment (PGA)

    Up to 56 days after treatment.

  • Dermatology Life quality index(DLQI)

    Up to 56 days after treatment.

  • Patient-reported quality of life (PRQoL)

    Up to 56 days after treatment.

  • Visual Analogue Score (VAS)

    Up to 56 days after treatment.

  • +1 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (5)

Chinese medicine internal treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in Chinese medicine internal treatment group will receive Jueyin granule two times daily after meals and moving cupping placebo therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Drug: Jueyin granulesDevice: moving cupping placebo therapy

Chinese medicine external treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in Chinese medicine internal treatment group will receive Jueyin placebo granule two times daily after meals and moving cupping therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Device: moving cupping therapyDrug: Jueyin placebo granules

Chinese medicine treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in Chinese medicine treatment group will receive Jueyin granule two times daily after meals, moving cupping therapy and NB-UVB placebo therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Drug: Jueyin granulesDevice: moving cupping therapyDevice: NB-UVB placebo phototherapy

Western medicine treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in Western medicine treatment group will receive Jueyin placebo granules two times daily after meals, moving cupping placebo therapy and NB-UVB therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Device: NB-UVB therapyDrug: Jueyin placebo granulesDevice: moving cupping placebo therapy

Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Group will receive Jueyin granules two times daily after meals, moving cupping therapy and NB-UVB therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Drug: Jueyin granulesDevice: moving cupping therapyDevice: NB-UVB therapy

Interventions

Jueyin granules p.o. once a day for 8 weeks.

Also known as: Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese medicine internal treatment groupChinese medicine treatment groupIntegrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Group

Moving cupping therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Chinese medicine external treatment groupChinese medicine treatment groupIntegrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Group

NB-UVB phototherapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment GroupWestern medicine treatment group

Jueyin placebo granules p.o. once a day for 8 weeks.

Also known as: Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese medicine external treatment groupWestern medicine treatment group

Moving cupping placebo therapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Chinese medicine internal treatment groupWestern medicine treatment group

NB-UVB placebo phototherapy three times per week for 8 weeks.

Chinese medicine treatment group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 65 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Plaque psoriasis, the course of disease is not limited.
  • Skin lesions involving ≤ 15% BSA (the lesions are mainly located in the trunk and / or limbs, palm / sole, face / scalp, vulva area is not included).
  • to 65 years old, male or female patient.
  • Informed consent must be obtained.

You may not qualify if:

  • other active skin diseases which may affect the condition assessment are present.
  • Patients who received systematic treatment of research drugs, biological agents and immunosuppressive agents within 2 months.
  • Patients who received treatment with topical glucocorticoids, phototherapy, etc. within 2 weeks.
  • Those with severe, uncontrollable local or systemic acute or chronic infections.
  • patients with severe systemic diseases; or clinical test indicators in one of the following cases: alanine transferase or glutamate transferase increased by \>1.5 times the upper limit of normal; serum creatinine increased by \>1.5 times the upper limit of normal Any of the main blood routine indicators (white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin amount, platelet count) below the lower limit of normal; or other laboratory abnormalities judged by the investigator are not suitable for participation in this trial.
  • Patients with a history of malignant tumors and patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency and hypersensitivity.
  • Patients underwent major surgery within 8 weeks or will require such surgery during the study period.
  • Patients who are pregnant or in lactation.
  • Those have a history of alcohol abuse, drug abuse or drug abuse.
  • Patients with a history of serious mental illness or family history.
  • Patients with a family history of cancer.
  • Other reasons that the investigator considered inappropriate to participate in the study.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (6)

The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of TCM

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Location

Wuhan No.1 Hospital

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Location

Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Location

Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Southwest Medical University

Luzhou, Sichuan, China

Location

Shanghai Dermatology Hospital

Shanghai, China

Location

Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital

Shanghai, China

Location

Related Publications (2)

  • Yu Y, Sun X, Hu R, Xia P, Wei Y, Yang W, Huang N, Ding Y, Guo S, Yang C, Weng H, Zhang Y, Ding X, Huang Q, Zhou X, Li X, Li B. A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Optimal Implementation of Psoriasis Treatment by Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine. Psoriasis (Auckl). 2025 Mar 21;15:55-66. doi: 10.2147/PTT.S487536. eCollection 2025.

  • Sun X, Zhou X, Wei Y, Yang W, Huang N, Ding Y, Hu R, Guo S, Yang C, Weng H, Zhang Y, Chen X, Ding X, Liu L, Yin Q, Wang R, Li X, Li B. Our Choice: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial for optimal implementation of psoriasis treatment by the integration of Chinese and western medicine. Trials. 2020 Mar 30;21(1):299. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-4209-3.

Study Officials

  • Jia Zhou

    Department of dermatology, Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital, Shanghai

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 1, 2019

First Posted

May 8, 2019

Study Start

June 1, 2019

Primary Completion

December 31, 2021

Study Completion

December 31, 2021

Last Updated

May 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-05

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