NCT01142999

Feasibility Study of Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention

Feasibility Study of Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention (BEEP)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Minute – 6 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this protocol is to determine the feasibility of doing larger follow-up studies examining whether emollients used from birth can prevent eczema in high-risk babies and to help investigators find out if emollients (moisturizing skin creams) used from birth can prevent eczema in high-risk babies. Hypothesis: Enhancing the skin barrier from birth using emollients will prevent or delay the onset of eczema, especially in predisposed infants.

Conditions

• Eczema

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Sunflower oil	One group will be instructed to use FDA-approved moisturizers and soap substitutes on their newborn infants.
DRUG	Control group	This group will be asked NOT to use any skin moisturizers and use only soap substitutes on their infants.
DRUG	Aquaphor ointment	One group will be instructed to use FDA-approved moisturizers and soap substitutes on their newborn infants.
DRUG	Cetaphil cream	One group will be instructed to use FDA-approved moisturizers and soap substitutes on their newborn infants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2010-06-14
• Last updated: 2011-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States