An observational study in Ichthyosis and Netherton Syndrome, sponsored by Northwestern University. Enrolling by invitation at 4 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-27.
Sponsored by Northwestern University · Observational
Ichthyosis is a group of genetic skin disorders that present with dry, thickened, scaly, or flaky skin. As of today, there is no cure or treatment. Doctors can only treat the dry skin with different types of emollients to soften the scale. A deeper understanding of this disease is required to develop better treatments. There are different types of cells and cell-produced signals (biomarkers) that are being studied in order to help find these new treatments. Looking at biomarkers has been successful in helping us to understand other skin disorders better. The purpose of this study is to determine which blood and skin biomarkers characterize ichthyosis.
Hypothesis: We predict that the biomarkers correlating with disease activity in Netherton syndrome will be different than the biomarkers found to correlate with the lamellar and other ichthyosis phenotype.
Objectives:
22 studies on the registry are indexed under Netherton Syndrome; 5 are open to participants now.
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Compared within Netherton Syndrome, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Ichthyosis. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
150 subjects (1 year to 60 years of age) with diagnosis of Netherton Syndrome or ichthyosis will be enrolled. Approximately 50 healthy controls will be enrolled. The blood sample, skin biopsy, and buccal/saliva sample may be obtained from the same ichthyosis subject. However there will be separate groups of control patients for the skin biopsies and blood sample studies.
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A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Immunosuppression
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.
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Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Healthy subjects with no history of ichthyosis from 1 year to 60 years of age.
Subjects with a diagnosis of Netherton syndrome or ichthyosis from 1 year to 60 years of age.
Cellular infiltrates
We will examine your skin and blood samples for various immune cells known to be involved in ichthyosis.
Time frame: One year
Gene expression
We will examine your skin and blood samples for various genes known to contribute to ichthyosis by analyzing RNA and cytokines.
Time frame: One year
Correlation of biomarkers to quality of life
We will analyze the blood and tissue biomarkers to determine whether they are comparable to quality of life and itch (pruritus) measures.
Time frame: One year
Started Jan 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2027, 119 months after the start.
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