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The Gut and Skin Microbiome in Vitiligo Disease Progression

Who can join

Ages 18 to 89 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with and/or without vitiligo lesional expansion over the past year.
* Age/sex-matched controls who do not have a diagnosis of vitiligo
* Subjects who are age 18-89 years of age at time of enrollment
* Subjects who are able and willing to give informed consent for this study and the Dermatology Tissue Acquisition and Biorepository (STU00009443)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects who are younger than 18 years of age or 90 years of age or older
* Subjects who are unable to give consent

About the study

Investigators plan to perform a pilot study that aims to characterize the microbiome of human vitiligo patients with both active and stable disease and compare this to the microbiome of age and sex matched controls. The investigators aim to answer the question whether the gut and skin microbiome of patients with vitiligo differs from the general population.

Sponsor: Northwestern University · Participants: 100 · Started: May 30, 2019

Contact the study team

• Dermatology CTU · Phone: 312-503-5944

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT03577327

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Vitiligo

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.