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The Gut and Skin Microbiome in Vitiligo Disease Progression

Northwestern University · NCT03577327

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–89 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
100
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
May 30, 2019
Record last updated
June 9, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Conditions: Vitiligo; Healthy

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 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)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subjects who are younger than 18 years of age or 90 years of age or older
  • Subjects who are unable to give consent

Recruiting US locations

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, IL 60611

    Site contact: Dermatology CTU · 312-503-5944 · NUdermatologyCTU@northwestern.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Dermatology CTU · 312-503-5944 · NUdermatologyCTU@northwestern.edu
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