Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:51 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:51 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02502669
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Subject voluntarily agrees to participate in this study and signs an IRB-approved informed consent prior to performing any of the screening procedures.
2. Males 18 years to 35 years of age.
3. Except for severe nodulocystic acne, subject is in generally good health.
4. Ten (10) or more nodular lesions (facial and/or truncal).
5. Weight between 40 and 110 kg.
6. No significant disease or clinically significant finding in a physical examination.
7. No clinically significant abnormal laboratory value.
8. No clinically significant abnormal vital sign measurement.
9. Subject is able to swallow pills.
10. Subject agrees to use a medically acceptable form of barrier-method contraception (e.g. condoms with spermicide or abstinence).
11. Subject is willing and able to cooperate to the extent required by the protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Female subjects will be excluded from the study.
2. Subject with acne conglobata, acne fulminans, secondary acne (chloracne, drug-induced acne, etc.), pyoderma faciale, sinus tracks.
3. Subject with a wash out period from Baseline for topical treatment on the skin less than: Corticosteroids, antibiotics, antibacterials, antiseptics, retinoids, other anti-inflammatory drugs or other acne treatment (2 weeks); Cosmetic procedures (1 week); Photodynamic therapy and laser therapy for acne (3 months).
4. Subject with a washout period from Baseline for systemic treatment less than: Corticosteroids, antibiotics (4 weeks), spironolactone (3 months), other systemic acne treatments (6 months), cyproterone acetate (6 months), lithium, anticonvulsants, barbiturates, androgenic and anabolic steroids, testosterone, estrogen, anti-tuberculous drugs, cyclosporine, and azathioprine (6 months), surgical treatment of acne (12 months), finasteride or other 5α-reductase inhibitors (12 months). (Table 2)
5. Subjects with current or history of prostatic disease including benign prostatic hypertrophy, or surgery on prostate.
6. Known history or presence of any clinically significant unstable medical condition(s) which in the opinion of the investigator could pose a risk for the safety of the subject, e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular, liver or kidney disease.
7. Subjects with any skin disease or other condition that might interfere with the evaluation of nodular acne.
8. Known history or suspected carcinoma.
9. Allergy to finasteride or any other ingredients in the study medications.
10. Subjects with history in past 12 months of active addiction, abuse, misuse and/or dependence on drugs or alcohol.
11. Use of investigational drug within 90 days prior to Day 1
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
MALE
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
35 Years
Study:
NCT02502669
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02502669