NCT03082560

Design and Validation of a New Assessment Tool for Lichen Planopilaris

Design and Validation of a New Assessment Tool for Lichen Planopilaris, the Boston Grade of Activity in Lichen Planopilaris (Boston GOAL)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study's Primary Objective is to design and validate a grading system for objective and accurate assessment of lichen planopilaris. Secondary Objectives: * To assess change in symptoms such as pain and itch using a Numeric Rating Scale(NRS) scores and quality of life using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) scores * To correlate this grading system with patient skin biopsies evaluating disease activity on a microscopic level * To correlate this grading system with digital global photography and trichoscopy

Conditions

• Lichen Planopilaris of Scalp
• Lichen Plano-Pilaris
• Lichen Planopilaris
• Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Boston Grade of Activity in Lichen Planopilaris	A clinical assessment tool to objectively and accurately measure activity and severity in lichen planopilaris over time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-10
• Primary completion: 2020-09-11
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2017-03-17
• Last updated: 2022-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States