4 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
This is an open-label study using a device currently prescribed by doctors. This means everyone involved in the study will know the name of the product, only one product will be used, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the sale of this product. Although this is called a device, the product is an emollient-type lotion. Healthcare workers (HCW) often suffer from signs and symptoms of skin irritation, including pain, redness, roughness, dryness, cracking and itching due to the extensive use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and gloves. These are thought to be due to changes in the normal skin barrier function induced by repeated minor abrasion in the warm, moist environment induced by extensive use of PPE required at work. EpiCeram Controlled Skin Barrier Emulsion (EpiCeram) is a prescription skin barrier repair product containing ingredients designed to improve skin barrier function. However, EpiCeram has not previously been studied in people with skin irritation due to extensive use of PPE. This study was terminated after 1 (one) subject was enrolled due to the inability to find willing participants.
Hair cleansing product tolerability study
This study is intended to be a cross over study. Subjects will treat one hand while the contralateral hand acts as a control. At the end of 6 weeks the subject will be instructed to cease treatment of the test hand and commence treatment of the control hand for 6 weeks. Efficacy will be evaluated at 6 weeks after the beginning of the treatment and 12 weeks (end of crossover).
The treatment of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) can be unsatisfactory, and that other skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis have an increased likelihood of ACD, improved systemic treatments are needed. This research study explores the effectiveness of Baricitinib in treating Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity (allergic) versus Irritant Skin reactions. Subjects for this study need to be healthy males between the ages of 18 and 40. This study will evaluate this by injecting antigens as well as applying them on top of the skin to the forearm then measure the effects of Baricitinib by skin and blood testing.