The Gut and Skin Microbiome in Vitiligo Disease Progression
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
Investigators plan to perform a pilot study that aims to characterize the microbiome of human vitiligo patients with both active and stable disease and compare this to the microbiome of age and sex matched controls. The investigators aim to answer the question whether the gut and skin microbiome of patients with vitiligo differs from the general population.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 89
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Patients with and/or without vitiligo lesional expansion over the past year.
• Age/sex-matched controls who do not have a diagnosis of vitiligo
• Subjects who are age 18-89 years of age at time of enrollment
• Subjects who are able and willing to give informed consent for this study and the Dermatology Tissue Acquisition and Biorepository (STU00009443)
Locations
United States
Illinois
Northwestern University
RECRUITING
Chicago
Contact Information
Primary
Dermatology CTU
NUdermatologyCTU@northwestern.edu
312-503-5944
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-05-30
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 100
Treatments
Adults with vitiligo
Healthy adults
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Northwestern University