Home interventions and light therapy for the treatment of vitiligo (HI-Light Vitiligo Trial):study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Haines, Rachel H, Thomas, Kim S, Montgomery, Alan A, Ravenscroft, Jane C, Akram, Perways, Chalmers, Joanne R, Whitham, Diane, Duley, Lelia, Eleftheriadou, Viktoria, Meakin, Garry, Mitchell, Eleanor J, White, Jennifer, Rogers, Andy, Sach, Tracey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8098-9220, Santer, Miriam, Tan, Wei, Hepburn, Trish, Williams, Hywel C and Batchelor, Jonathan (2018) Home interventions and light therapy for the treatment of vitiligo (HI-Light Vitiligo Trial):study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8 (4). ISSN 2044-6055

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Abstract

Introduction: Vitiligo is a condition resulting in white patches on the skin. People with vitiligo can suffer from low self-esteem, psychological disturbance and diminished quality of life. Vitiligo is often poorly managed, partly due to lack of high-quality evidence to inform clinical care. We describe here a large, independent, randomised controlled trial (RCT) assessing the comparative effectiveness of potent topical corticosteroid, home-based hand-held narrowband ultraviolet B-light (NB-UVB) or combination of the two, for the management of vitiligo.  Methods and analysis: The HI-Light Vitiligo Trial is a multicentre, three-arm, parallel group, pragmatic, placebo-controlled RCT. 516 adults and children with actively spreading, but limited, vitiligo are randomised (1:1:1) to one of three groups: mometasone furoate 0.1% ointment plus dummy NB-UVB light, vehicle ointment plus NB-UVB light or mometasone furoate 0.1% ointment plus NB-UVB light. Treatment of up to three patches of vitiligo is continued for up to 9 months with clinic visits at baseline, 3, 6 and 9 months and four post-treatment questionnaires.  The HI-Light Vitiligo Trial assesses outcomes included in the vitiligo core outcome set and places emphasis on participants’ views of treatment success. The primary outcome is proportion of participants achieving treatment success (patient-rated Vitiligo Noticeability Scale) for a target patch of vitiligo at 9 months with further independent blinded assessment using digital images of the target lesion before and after treatment. Secondary outcomes include time to onset of treatment response, treatment success by body region, percentage repigmentation, quality of life, time-burden of treatment, maintenance of response, safety and within-trial cost-effectiveness.  Ethics and dissemination: Approvals were granted by East Midlands—Derby Research Ethics Committee (14/EM/1173) and the MHRA (EudraCT 2014-003473-42). The trial was registered 8 January 2015 ISRCTN (17160087). Results will be published in full as open access in the NIHR Journal library and elsewhere.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 May 2018 11:31
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 03:46
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66955
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018649

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