The Gut and Skin Microbiome in Vitiligo Disease Progression

Description

Investigators plan to perform a pilot study that aims to characterize the microbiome of human vitiligo patients with both active and stable disease and compare this to the microbiome of age and sex matched controls. The investigators aim to answer the question whether the gut and skin microbiome of patients with vitiligo differs from the general population.

Conditions

Vitiligo, Healthy

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Investigators plan to perform a pilot study that aims to characterize the microbiome of human vitiligo patients with both active and stable disease and compare this to the microbiome of age and sex matched controls. The investigators aim to answer the question whether the gut and skin microbiome of patients with vitiligo differs from the general population.

The Gut and Skin Microbiome in Vitiligo Disease Progression

The Gut and Skin Microbiome in Vitiligo Disease Progression

Condition
Vitiligo
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients with and/or without vitiligo lesional expansion over the past year.
  • * Age/sex-matched controls who do not have a diagnosis of vitiligo
  • * Subjects who are age 18-89 years of age at time of enrollment
  • * Subjects who are able and willing to give informed consent for this study and the Dermatology Tissue Acquisition and Biorepository (STU00009443)
  • * Subjects who are younger than 18 years of age or 90 years of age or older
  • * Subjects who are unable to give consent

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 89 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Northwestern University,

I. Caroline Le Poole, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northwestern University

Study Record Dates

2024-12