Clinical trialNCT06273111UnknownEarly phase 1Interventional

Topical Simvastatin for Treating Infantile Hemangioma

SponsorJoyce TengEnrollment12Hemangioma Skin

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Summary

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This is a 24-week, open-label pilot study to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of 5% simvastatin ointment in treating 12 children with superficial IH. The primary objective: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of topical treatment with 5% simvastatin ointment for superficial IH over 24 weeks. The secondary objective: 1.1 To evaluate the efficacy of 5% simvastatin ointment when topical treatment is administered twice daily for 24 weeks. Evaluation is performed at each clinic visit via investigator global assessment (IGA) based on standardized 3D digital photography and hemangioma activity score (HAS). 1.2 To evaluate the impact of 5% simvastatin ointment on quality of life using the IH-QoL questionnaire.

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Investigators

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Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States

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Drugs studied

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5% simvastatin ointment

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 1 Apr 2024
Primary completion: 31 Jul 2025
Completion: 31 Dec 2025
Last update posted: 22 Feb 2024
Registered enrollment: 12
Registry id: NCT06273111

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