Efficacy of Spironolactone Compared with Doxycycline in Moderate Acne in Adult Females: Results of the Multicentre, Controlled, Randomized, Double-blind Prospective and Parallel Female Acne Spironolactone vs doxyCycline Efficacy (FASCE) Study.

Acne in adult females is triggered mainly by hormones. Doxycycline is a reference treatment in acne. Spironolactone targets the androgen receptor of sebaceous glands and is prescribed off-label for female adult acne.

[Can academic structures improve access to CAR-T cells?].

In France, hospital cell therapy units have not been authorised to routinely produce chimeric antigen receptor T lymphocytes (CAR-T cells), which would then be referred to as academic CAR-T cells. CAR-T cells are classified as advanced therapy medicinal products and correspond to genetically modified T lymphocytes ex vivo. The CAR-T cell production process is complex and requires scientific and technical expertise to meet the acceptance criteria of the pharmaceutical quality system.

Insulin Growth Factor-1 Status in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A French Institutional Pilot Study.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of the follicles in the apocrine glands and is associated with a deficiency in the innate immunity of the skin. It is characterized by the occurrence of nodules, abscesses, fistulas, scars.

Objective: Although a relationship has already been demonstrated between HS and innate immunity, IGF-1 status in patients with HS is still unknown.

FASCE, the benefit of spironolactone for treating acne in women: study protocol for a randomized double-blind trial.

Background: Acne vulgaris has increased in women over the past 10 years; it currently affects 20-30% of women. The physiopathology of adult female acne is distinguished from that of teenagers essentially by two factors: hormonal and inflammatory. On a therapeutic plan, the four types of systemic treatment approved for female acne include cyclines (leading to bacterial resistance); zinc salts (less effective than cyclines); and antiandrogens (risks of phlebitis).

Foetal skin cells in wound healing: a promising tool for clinical application.

The skin is the first protective barrier of our body. Wound healing is therefore an essential mechanism. However, this phenomenon can be impaired when wounds are too large or chronic, for example, in diabetes.

CICAFAST: comparison of a biological dressing composed of fetal fibroblasts and keratinocytes on a split-thickness skin graft donor site versus a traditional dressing: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Wound repair is one of the most complex biological processes of human life. Allogeneic cell-based engineered skin substitutes provide off-the-shelf temporary wound coverage and act as biologically active dressings, releasing growth factors, cytokines and extracellular matrix components essential for proper wound healing. However, they are susceptible to immune rejection and this is their major weakness.

[Successful completion of an ISO 9001 v 2015 certification process in clinical investigation research].

Unlabelled: Clinical investigation at the University Hospital of Nantes is carried out within the investigation department, which consists of coordination and 24 clinical research teams gathered at four different hospital sites. The Clinical Investigation Units are all equipped with a Quality Management System. This has been in place for more than 12 years and was initially created for the Clinical Investigation Units of the Clinical Investigation Centre (CIC 1413) in Nantes and then transposed in 2013, to the emerging Clinical Investigation Units.