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Safety and Equivalence of a Generic Ciclopirox Olamine Cream Compared to the Reference Ciclopirox Cream 0.77% for the Treatment of Tinea Pedis

A Double-blind, Randomized, Parallel-group, Vehicle-controlled, Multi-center Study to Evaluate the Safety and Clinical Equivalence of a Generic Ciclopirox Olamine Cream to Ciclopirox Cream 0.77% in the Treatment of Tinea Pedis

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00802672
Enrollment
561
Registered
2008-12-05
Start date
2003-12-31
Completion date
2004-05-31
Last updated
2021-10-13

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Conditions

Tinea Pedis

Keywords

Tinea Pedis, Ciclopirox Olamine

Brief summary

The objectives of this study were to demonstrate comparable safety and efficacy of Ciclopirox Olamine Cream (Test Product) and Ciclopirox Cream 0.77% (Reference Product) in the treatment of subjects with tinea pedis, and to show the superiority of the active treatments over that of the vehicle.

Interventions

DRUGCiclopirox Olamine Cream

topical cream

DRUGLoprox Cream 0.77%

topical cream

DRUGPlacebo

topical cream

Sponsors

Padagis LLC
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Male or female at least 10 years of age, and otherwise healthy * Clinically and mycologically confirmed diagnosis of symptomatic tinea pedis * In good health with no clinically significant disease that might have interfered with study evaluations * Study participant or legal guardian was willing and able to read and sign an IRB approved ICF, which included agreement to comply with all study requirements as indicated in the protocol. For subjects 10 to 17 years of age, an assent form for minors was completed.

Exclusion criteria

* History of hypersensitivity or allergy to ciclopirox * Had any skin condition that would interfere with the diagnosis or assessment of tinea pedis * Had a history of dermatophyte infecton unresponsive to antifungal treatment * Had a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or problems that would likely have made the subject unreliable for the study * Had any condition or used any medication that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might have interfered with the conduct or results of the study or placed the prospective subject at increased risk * Was unwilling to sign the informed consent * Female who was pregnant or lactating

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Proportion of Subjects in Each Treatment Group With Therapeutic Success6 weeksBoth Mycological Cure (KOH wet mount negative and fungal culture negative) and Clinical Cure were required to achieve Therapeutic Success

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Proportion of Subjects With Mycological Cure6 weeksMycological Cure (KOH wet mount negative and fungal culture negative
Proportion of Subjects With Clinical Cure6 weeksClinical Cure was defined as a signs and symptoms score of \<1 for erythema; \<1 for scaling; and 0 for pruritus, maceration, fissuring/cracking, and burning/stinging; as well as an assessment that no additional antifungal therapy was required to treat the subject's current episode of tinea pedis

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Test Product
Ciclopirox cream
224
Reference Product
Loprox Cream
226
Vehicle Product
placebo
111
Total561

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002
Overall StudyAdverse Event111
Overall StudyLack of fungal pathogen at baseline564325
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up553
Overall Studyother312
Overall StudyProtocol Violation211
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject112

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTest ProductReference ProductVehicle ProductTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
11 Participants16 Participants6 Participants33 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
19 Participants21 Participants13 Participants53 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
194 Participants189 Participants92 Participants475 Participants
Age, Continuous45.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.6
42.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.6
43.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.1
43.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.4
Region of Enrollment
United States
224 participants226 participants111 participants561 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
53 Participants63 Participants28 Participants144 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
171 Participants163 Participants83 Participants417 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 00 / 00 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 2242 / 2261 / 111

Outcome results

Primary

Proportion of Subjects in Each Treatment Group With Therapeutic Success

Both Mycological Cure (KOH wet mount negative and fungal culture negative) and Clinical Cure were required to achieve Therapeutic Success

Time frame: 6 weeks

Population: Per protocol population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Test ProductProportion of Subjects in Each Treatment Group With Therapeutic Success70 participants
Reference ProductProportion of Subjects in Each Treatment Group With Therapeutic Success95 participants
Vehicle ProductProportion of Subjects in Each Treatment Group With Therapeutic Success3 participants
90% CI: [-17.61, 2.45]Wald's method with Yates' continuity
Secondary

Proportion of Subjects With Clinical Cure

Clinical Cure was defined as a signs and symptoms score of \<1 for erythema; \<1 for scaling; and 0 for pruritus, maceration, fissuring/cracking, and burning/stinging; as well as an assessment that no additional antifungal therapy was required to treat the subject's current episode of tinea pedis

Time frame: 6 weeks

Population: per protocol population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Test ProductProportion of Subjects With Clinical Cure82 participants
Reference ProductProportion of Subjects With Clinical Cure106 participants
Vehicle ProductProportion of Subjects With Clinical Cure9 participants
Secondary

Proportion of Subjects With Mycological Cure

Mycological Cure (KOH wet mount negative and fungal culture negative

Time frame: 6 weeks

Population: per protocol population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Test ProductProportion of Subjects With Mycological Cure107 participants
Reference ProductProportion of Subjects With Mycological Cure133 participants
Vehicle ProductProportion of Subjects With Mycological Cure9 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026