Evaluation of Spa Therapy in the Treatment of Plaque Psoriasis
NCT ID: NCT02098213
Last Updated: 2020-01-09
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
128 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-01-31
2019-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This auto-immune erythematosquamous inflammatory dermatosis occurs on a particular genetic background and has a chronic course. Psoriasis has a history as an indication for dermatological spa treatment (water cures in the Dead Sea). As these treatments are a combination of balneotherapy and heliotherapy, many recent studies have attempted to assess the value and position the relative benefit of each therapeutic element. Over the last four decades various different phototherapy techniques have been widely used in the treatment of psoriasis. The thermal option for many psoriasis patients depends on personal choice, or their doctor's or dermatologist's recommendation. In 1994 only one third of the 16,875 spa treatments for dermatological conditions (about 5625 cures) were for psoriasis, suggesting that spa treatment is underused as a treatment for psoriasis. Nobody can challenge the therapeutic contribution of biotherapy in the treatment of anatomically destructive diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, but the use of these treatments is not without risk and economic impact. There is thus a need for less intensive treatments that have little risk of serious side effects and are less expensive.
The use of spa therapy in psoriasis should be understood as complementary and not an alternative to all other treatments. The choice of treatment is guided by the patient's characteristics and pathology (concomitant diseases, extent of lesions, treatment history) and the specialty (adverse effects, cumulative dose). In psoriasis it may be necessary to use different lines of treatment because psoriasis is a lifetime disease. Side effects of systemic treatments such as biotherapy, cyclosporine, methotrexate, synthetic retinoids, and also phototherapy (PUVA and UVB) are cumulative over time. A course of spa treatment should allow a respite before resorting to other systemic therapy.
However, the spa dermatology still suffers from a lack of large-scale evaluation and especially an objective assessment using reliable methodologies that limit bias. This is the purpose of this study.
There are no randomized controlled multicenter clinical trials evaluating spa treatment for psoriasis, although an Italian non-randomized study included a few dozen patients and confirmed the clinical benefit of the treatment.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
According to the protocol submitted to authorities, given the uncertainties of necessary hypothesis, a re-evaluation of the number of subjects required after the first 100 inclusions is planned. This reassessment will be carried out without intermediate analysis but in view of the results observed for the primary endpoint in mean and standard deviation (event driven).
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Immediate Spa treatment
Three week course of spa treatment soon after randomization
Immediate spa treatment
soon after randomization: Spa treatment of 3 weeks. Spa treatment : that best adapted to the concerned pathology and common to all participating of spa resorts (walk in a specially pool, whirlpool bath with automatic air and water massages cycles, massaging shower etc)
Late Spa treatment
Three week course of spa treatment soon after 4,5 months visit
Late Spa treatment
soon after 4,5 months visit: Spa treatment of 3 weeks. Spa treatment : that best adapted to the concerned pathology and common to all of spa resorts (walk in a specially pool, whirlpool bath with automatic air and water massages cycles, massaging shower etc)
Interventions
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Immediate spa treatment
soon after randomization: Spa treatment of 3 weeks. Spa treatment : that best adapted to the concerned pathology and common to all participating of spa resorts (walk in a specially pool, whirlpool bath with automatic air and water massages cycles, massaging shower etc)
Late Spa treatment
soon after 4,5 months visit: Spa treatment of 3 weeks. Spa treatment : that best adapted to the concerned pathology and common to all of spa resorts (walk in a specially pool, whirlpool bath with automatic air and water massages cycles, massaging shower etc)
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Stable treatment in the last 6 months
* DLQI score \> 10
* patients volunteering for spa treatment within 6 weeks
* consenting to participate to the study with informed consent form signed after appropriate information
* Affiliation to the French social security system or equivalent
Exclusion Criteria
* Psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
* Refusal of consent
* Refusal of spa treatment
* Contra-indication to spa treatment
* Phototherapy in the last 3 months
* Guttate, pustular or erythrodermic psoriasis Isolated nail psoriasis
* Spa therapy in the past year
* Person deprived of liberty or under legal guardianship
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University Hospital, Grenoble
OTHER
Floralis
INDUSTRY
Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Marie MB BEYLOT-BARRY, Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Bordeaux University Hospital - France
Locations
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Station Thermale Avene
Avène, Languedoc-Rousillon, France
Thermes de Molitg les bains
Molitg-les-Bains, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Thermes La Roche Posay
La Roche-Posay, Poitou-Charentes, France
Les thermes de ST-GERVAIS
Le Fayet, Rhône-Alpe, France
Etablissement thermal d'Uriage
Uriage-les-Bains, Rhône-Alpe, France
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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PSOTHERMES
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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