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. 2024 Aug 6;2024(8):CD015064. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015064.pub2

NCT05014568.

Study characteristics
Methods Trial design: randomised, double‐blind study
Trial registration number: NCT05014568
Country: US and Canada
Outpatient or hospital: not reported
Date trial conducted: from 2021
Duration of trial participation: 8 weeks
Inclusion criteria:
· Male or female aged 2 and above with AD
· AD ≥ 5% and ≤ 35% of the BSA
· vIGA‐AD score of ≥ 3
· An EASI score of ≥ 6 at screening and baseline
· AD present for at least 6 months for ages 6 years old and above or 3 months for ages 2 to 5 years old
· Female of childbearing potential who are engaging in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy should use acceptable birth control methods and must not be pregnant.
Exclusion criteria:
· Immunocompromised
· Chronic or acute systemic or superficial infection requiring treatment with systemic antibacterials or antifungals
· Laboratory values outside defined criteria
· Current or chronic history of liver disease OR of cancer within 5 years except for adequately treated cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
· History of or ongoing serious illness or medical, physical, or psychiatric condition(s) that may interfere with the subject's participation in the study
· Pregnant or lactating females
· History of sensitivity to the study medications, or a history of drug or other allergy
· Previous known participation in a clinical study with tapinarof
Additional design details: none
Participants Total number randomised: 407
Number of withdrawals: not reported
Notes: none
Interventions Run‐in details: 30‐day screening period ‐ no details on what this entailed
Intervention: tapinarof 1% cream used once daily for 56 days
· Concurrent treatment: not reported
· Other key information: none
Comparator: vehicle cream used once daily for 56 days
· Concurrent treatment: not reported
· Other key information: none
Concurrent treatments received alongside both intervention and comparator: not reported
Notes: none
Outcomes · IGA
· EASI
· BSA
· Pruritus score
Notes Funding source: Dermavant Sciences GmbH
Declarations of interest: not declared
Original language of publication: English
Other: none