Autopsy report · NCT02191748

Assessing the Efficacy of Needling With or Without Corticosteroids in the Repigmentation of Vitiligo

“Principal investigator made the decision to close study and not submit a renewal. Lack of fixed research personnel to carry out the study effectively.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 3 months before it started.
• Ran for about 3 years 4 months before it stopped.
• 22 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 2, Phase 3

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Vitiligo

Interventions

Needling; Triamcinolone

Participants

22

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.