Impact of the Severity of Pediatric Psoriasis on Childhood Body Mass Index

Completed

Conditions studied: Psoriasis, Atopic Dermatitis

In brief

The object of this research study is to examine these associations in children as very little is known about psoriasis and cardiovascular risk factors in the pediatric population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00879944

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

409

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-14

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects must be between the ages of 5 and 17 years at the time of enrollment.
• Subjects of either sex.
• Subjects who have had psoriatic plaques for more than 6 months.
• Subjects and guardians of minors must sign the approved IRB consent form(s) prior to initiation of the study protocol.
• Subjects enrolled as "non-inflammatory" normal controls will carry a common non- systemic skin condition, such as acne, nevi, warts and molluscum as their main diagnosis.
• Subjects enrolled as "inflammatory" normal controls will carry a diagnosis of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who are unable to give informed consent or assent.
• Subjects who have had psoriasis for less than 6 months.
• Subjects whose condition is deemed unsafe or incapable by the study investigator for study participation.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States
• Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• UMass Memorial Dermatology Center — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Central Dermatology — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• University Hospitals, Case Medical Centers — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Texas Dermatology Associates — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
• Nexus Clinical Resarch — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile — Santiago, Chile
• University of Hong Kong — Tuenmen, Hong Kong
• Universita Verona — Verona, Italy
• UMC St. Radboud — Nijmegen, Netherlands

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