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Oral Lichen PlanusEarly Phase 1NCT06428630

Systemic Absorption of Dexamethasone Oral Rinse in Patients With Oral Lichen Planus

A Early Phase 1 study testing dexamethasone oral rinse in people with Oral Lichen Planus and Oral Lichenoid Reaction, run by Tufts University at 1 site in United States.

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Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

The objective of this study is to see the amount of systemic absorption of a standard dose of dexamethasone oral rinse for patients with symptomatic oral lichen planus (OLP) or oral lichenoid reactions (OLR) and healthy subjects (those who do not have OLP or OLR aka the control group). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Oral Lichen Planus, Oral Lichenoid Reaction
What is being tested?
dexamethasone oral rinse
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
1 May 2025to 1 Sep 2027
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Over 18 years old
  • Non-pregnant
  • Newly diagnosed subjects with OLP/OLR. Definition of 'newly" in this case : new patient with complaint regarding oral erosions and ulceration, and diagnose clinically with OLP or OLR for the first time
  • Those not exposed to topical or systemic corticosteroids for the previous 1 month. Meaning, those willing to not take this OLP/OLR treatment for 1 month before their visit
  • Experimental group is clinically diagnosed with OLP/OLR
  • Controls must have no history of OLP/OLR

Who cannot join

  • 1 . Under 18 years old 2. Pregnant women 3. Recent history (< than one month) of exposure to topical or systemic corticosteroids.
  • 4. History of advanced kidney, liver disease, or systemic fungal infection. 5. Corticosteroids hypersensitivity. 6. Active oral candidiasis 7. Patients on blood thinners medication ,anemic or suffer from bleeding disorders

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111

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About this study

The objective of this study is to see the amount of systemic absorption of a standard dose of dexamethasone oral rinse for patients with symptomatic oral lichen planus (OLP) or oral lichenoid reactions (OLR) and healthy subjects (those who do not have OLP or OLR aka the control group).

Being tested
dexamethasone oral rinse
Medical subject headings
Lichen Planus, Oral

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • dexamethasone oral rinseDrug

    The study drug is FDA approved (NDC- 0054-3177) and will be used as it would be used in a standard of care setting. The rinse will be administered on the same therapeutic dose to OLP/OLR (0.5 mg/5ml of dexamethasone oral rinse once (rinse for 2 minutes or 5 minutes), then spit the excess into a cup.

    The oral rinse dexamethasone 0.5 mg/5ml will be used only on the subjects who participated in the study.

Study groups in NCT06428630
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Investigative group- Those with OLPExperimentalThe investigative will apply the dexamethasone oral rinse 0.5 mg/5ml treatment. The oral rinse is considered a topical rinse because it is confined to the oral cavity (topical) and not swallowed. Subjects will be reminded by the study team via a phone call a few days before their visit that they must not drink water or eat at least 60 min before their visit. Once we get to the stage of the rinse, we will first their oral cavity with gauze. Then, we will instruct the subject to Rinse their mouth with 0.5mg/5ml dexamethasone for 2 min, then spit into a provided plastic cup the oral rinse. This will then be discarded down the drain.
Receives: Drug: dexamethasone oral rinse
Control 1 - 5 minute rinseActive comparatorThe first control group will apply the dexamethasone oral rinse 0.5 mg/5ml treatment. The oral rinse is considered a topical rinse because it is confined to the oral cavity (topical) and not swallowed. Subjects will be reminded by the study team via a phone call a few days before their visit that they must not drink water or eat at least 60 min before their visit. Once we get to the stage of the rinse, we will first their oral cavity with gauze. Then, we will instruct the subject to Rinse their mouth with 0.5mg/5ml dexamethasone for 5 min, then spit into a provided plastic cup the oral rinse. This will then be discarded down the drain.
Receives: Drug: dexamethasone oral rinse
Control 2- 2 minute rinseActive comparatorThe second control group will apply the dexamethasone oral rinse 0.5 mg/5ml treatment. The oral rinse is considered a topical rinse because it is confined to the oral cavity (topical) and not swallowed. Subjects will be reminded by the study team via a phone call a few days before their visit that they must not drink water or eat at least 60 min before their visit. Once we get to the stage of the rinse, we will first their oral cavity with gauze. Then, we will instruct the subject to Rinse their mouth with 0.5mg/5ml dexamethasone for 2 min, then spit into a provided plastic cup the oral rinse. This will then be discarded down the drain.
Receives: Drug: dexamethasone oral rinse

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Systemic absorption of a standard dose of dexamethasone oral rinse

    To investigate the amount (level detected in blood), through blood draw, of how much dexamethasone oral rinse is absorbed in the blood stream over two hours.

    Measured: 2 hours per subject

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Assessment of correlation between the amount of systemic absorption and the severity of the oral mucosal disorder

    A clinical oral examination will be conducted for the REU scoring system this will determine what severity category they are in (what their REU score is out of 30 with 30 being most severe and 0 being mild lichen planus). The oral cavity will be examined based on REU scoring system to determine the subject belong to mild , moderate or severe group.

    Measured: 2 hours per subject

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 May 2024
  2. Study start1 May 2025 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion1 Sep 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Sep 2027 (estimated)

Why it stopped: Study protocol changed to be a retrospective exempt review project.

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Investigative group: Subjects with symptomatic oral lichen planus (OLP) or oral lichenoid reactions (OLR) Control Group: Those otherwise healthy Both groups will receive the same intervention. 5 of the control subjects will swish for 5 minutes, 5 of the control subjects will swish for 2 minutes.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06428630
Sponsor's protocol ID
STUDY00004549
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
20 May 2024
Last updated
14 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Rice JB, White AG, Scarpati LM, Wan G, Nelson WW. Long-term Systemic Corticosteroid Exposure: A Systematic Literature Review. Clin Ther. 2017 Nov;39(11):2216-2229. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.09.011. Epub 2017 Oct 19.

    PubMed 29055500
  • Meikle AW, Lagerquist LG, Tyler FH. A plasma dexamethasone radioimmunoassay. Steroids. 1973 Aug;22(2):193-202. doi: 10.1016/0039-128x(73)90085-8. No abstract available.

    PubMed 4795381
  • Spoorenberg SM, Deneer VH, Grutters JC, Pulles AE, Voorn GP, Rijkers GT, Bos WJ, van de Garde EM. Pharmacokinetics of oral vs. intravenous dexamethasone in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jul;78(1):78-83. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12295.

    PubMed 24400953
  • Jarvinen A, Granander M, Laine T, Viitanen A. Effect of dose on the absorption of estradiol from a transdermal gel. Maturitas. 2000 Apr 28;35(1):51-6. doi: 10.1016/s0378-5122(00)00101-8.

    PubMed 10802400
  • Aalto-Korte K, Turpeinen M. Quantifying systemic absorption of topical hydrocortisone in erythroderma. Br J Dermatol. 1995 Sep;133(3):403-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02668.x.

    PubMed 8546995
  • Georgaki M, Piperi E, Theofilou VI, Pettas E, Stoufi E, Nikitakis NG. A randomized clinical trial of topical dexamethasone vs. cyclosporine treatment for oral lichen planus. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2022 Mar 1;27(2):e113-e124. doi: 10.4317/medoral.25040.

    PubMed 34564686
  • Joly P, Roujeau JC, Benichou J, Picard C, Dreno B, Delaporte E, Vaillant L, D'Incan M, Plantin P, Bedane C, Young P, Bernard P; Bullous Diseases French Study Group. A comparison of oral and topical corticosteroids in patients with bullous pemphigoid. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jan 31;346(5):321-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa011592.

    PubMed 11821508
  • Varoni EM, Molteni A, Sardella A, Carrassi A, Di Candia D, Gigli F, Lodi F, Lodi G. Pharmacokinetics study about topical clobetasol on oral mucosa. J Oral Pathol Med. 2012 Mar;41(3):255-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2011.01087.x. Epub 2011 Sep 22.

    PubMed 21950548
  • Sankar V, Hearnden V, Hull K, Juras DV, Greenberg MS, Kerr AR, Lockhart PB, Patton LL, Porter S, Thornhill M. Local drug delivery for oral mucosal diseases: challenges and opportunities. Oral Dis. 2011 Apr;17 Suppl 1:73-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01793.x.

    PubMed 21382140
  • Plemons JM, Rees TD, Zachariah NY. Absorption of a topical steroid and evaluation of adrenal suppression in patients with erosive lichen planus. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1990 Jun;69(6):688-93. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(90)90349-w.

    PubMed 2356081
  • Einarsdottir MJ, Bankvall M, Robledo-Sierra J, Rodstrom PO, Bergthorsdottir R, Trimpou P, Hasseus B, Ragnarsson O. Topical clobetasol treatment for oral lichen planus can cause adrenal insufficiency. Oral Dis. 2024 Apr;30(3):1304-1312. doi: 10.1111/odi.14588. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

    PubMed 37103329

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing dexamethasone oral rinse in people with Oral Lichen Planus and Oral Lichenoid Reaction, run by Tufts University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Systemic absorption of a standard dose of dexamethasone oral rinse (time frame: 2 hours per subject). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06428630, which also lists 11 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 May 2025.

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