Table of contents
- Clinical trial overview
- Study design and phase
- Who can join the study
- What the trial measures
- Key details from the trial
- Patient-friendly terms
Clinical trial overview
The available trial for Alitretinoin is studying people with hand eczema, a skin condition that affects the hands.[1] The study is designed to compare Alitretinoin with cyclosporine in patients with moderate to very severe disease.[1]
Study design and phase
This is an interventional study, which means researchers give treatments and then measure the results.[1] It is a Phase 3 trial, so it is a later-stage study meant to test how well the treatment works in a real patient group.[1]
The trial is randomized and open-label, with blinded outcome assessment.[1] Randomized means patients are placed into groups by chance, open-label means the treatment is known, and blinded outcome assessment means the result checker does not know which treatment each patient received.[1]
Who can join the study
The trial targets patients with moderate to very severe hand eczema.[1] The source data do not give more detailed entry rules, but the study focus shows that it is meant for people whose hand eczema is significant enough to need active treatment.[1]
What the trial measures
The main endpoint is the between-group difference in response to treatment from baseline to 24 weeks.[1] In simple words, the study checks whether one treatment helps more than the other over 24 weeks.[1]
Baseline means the first measurement before treatment starts, and the 24-week time point shows how patients do after several months of treatment.[1]
Key details from the trial
The trial title says it compares oral Alitretinoin with oral cyclosporine in patients with moderate to very severe hand eczema.[1] The planned enrollment is 78 participants, and the status is Authorised.[1]
- Alitretinoin: one of the two study treatments being compared.[1]
- Ciclosporin / cyclosporine: the other treatment used for comparison in the trial.[1]
- Oral: taken by mouth, as stated in the trial intervention list.[1]
- Blinded outcome assessment: the person judging the outcome does not know which treatment was given, which helps make the results more fair.[1]
Patient-friendly terms
Hand eczema means eczema on the hands, which can be hard to live with because the hands are used all day.[1] Treatment response means how much the eczema improves after treatment.[1] Enrollment means the number of people planned for the study, which here is 78.[1]



