Clinical trial · Interventional
Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Uracil 0,5% Plasters in Oncology Patients Affected by Hand-foot Syndrome (HFS)
A Randomized, Single Blind, Parallel Groups, Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Uracil 0,5%-Containing Plasters Versus "Lenitive Cream", in Oncology Patients Affected by Hand-foot Syndrome (HFS)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if The Uracil plaster works to treat mild HFS in adults under chemiotherapy. It will also learn about the safety . The main questions it aims to answer are: Does Uracil Plaster lower the number of days participants need to reduce the HFS symptoms? What medical problems do participants have when using the Uracil plaster MD? Researchers will compare the Uracil plaster to a standard lenitive cream to see if Uracil Plaster works better to treat mild HFS. Participants will: Use the plaster or the cream 2/3 times day for 3 weeks Visit the hospital once every week for checkups and tests Keep a diary of their symptoms and the number of times they use the therapy
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| HFS | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| lenitive cream | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Uracil 0,5% plasters | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental device
- description
- Patients will applicate Uracil plasters twice per day for 3 weeks
- interventionNames
- Device: Uracil 0,5% plasters
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Lenitive cream
- description
- Patients will applicate Lenitive cream 3 times per day for 3 weeks
- interventionNames
- Device: lenitive cream
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Adverse events number
- timeFrame
- 3 weeks, from the start to the end of the trial
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria * Both sexes; * Aged over 18 years; * Willing and able to return to the study site for post-procedural assessments; * Agree to take precautions to prevent pregnancy (applicable only to non-menopausal female subjects), including abstinence, intrauterine device (IUD), progestin implants, combined estrogen-progestin contraceptives, or condom use; * Agree to sign the informed consent form. * With HFS of grade I and II severity due to chemotherapy Self-sufficient with Performance Status of 0, 1, 2 according with the EOCG table. * Red blood cells folate test and serum folate test- Independent Biomarkers performed and to polymorphism testing DPD before starting therapy with dihydro pyrimidines. Exclusion criteria * Patients with grade III severity according to of HFS severity (Hand-Foot Syndrome- NCI-CTCAE v.0 Severity Grading. * ECOG Performance Status Scale = 3 or 4 * Pregnancy (applicable only to non-menopausal female subjects); * Breastfeeding (applicable only to non-menopausal female subjects); * Non-menopausal female subjects not using the specified contraceptive measures to prevent pregnancy during the study; * Sensitivity or allergy to the investigational product or its components (to be assessed by the investigator at baseline); * Predicted poor compliance with study protocol; * Participation in a similar study currently or within the past 3 months; * Dermatological clinical conditions that could interfere with performance outcomes; * Current pharmacological treatment with: * Medications that may affect test results as deemed by the investigator. * Use of other medications not mentioned above can be authorized by the investigator. Trade name, dosage, start and end dates of therapy will be documented in the concomitant medication form.
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