This study uses the psychological principle known as classical conditioning to try to improve
the standard treatment of psoriasis. Classical conditioning is a process of behavioral
modification in which a person learns to connect a certain response-in this case, improvement
of psoriasis-with a new action, or stimulus-in this case, application of an inactive cream.
The goal of this study is to show that people with psoriasis who are maintained on
corticosteroid cream part of the time and an inactive (placebo) cream at other times show a
lower incidence of relapse and a reduced severity of psoriasis that patients treated with
that same (reduced) amount of medication administered all the time.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Rochester
Collaborator:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)