Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2% and Naftin® Cream 2% in Patients With Tinea Pedis
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02132260 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 7, 2014
Last Update Posted : May 9, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Tinea Pedis | Drug: Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2% Drug: Naftin® (Naftifine Hydrochloride) Cream 2% Drug: Placebo Topical Cream | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 890 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of a Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2%and the Naftin® Cream 2% in Patients With Tinea Pedis |
Study Start Date : | August 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2%
Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2% (Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
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Drug: Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2%
Naftifine Hydrochloride Cream 2% (Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc.) applied once-daily for two weeks
Other Name: Naftifine |
Active Comparator: Naftin® Cream 2%
Naftin® (Naftifine Hydrochloride) Cream 2%
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Drug: Naftin® (Naftifine Hydrochloride) Cream 2%
Naftin® (Naftifine Hydrochloride) Cream 2% (Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC) applied once-daily for two weeks.
Other Name: Naftifine |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Topical Cream
Placebo Topical Cream
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Drug: Placebo Topical Cream
Placebo Topical Cream (Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc.) applied once-daily for two weeks.
Other Name: vehicle |
- Therapeutic Cure [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]The proportion of subjects with therapeutic cure (both mycological cure and clinical cure) at the test-of-cure visit conducted four weeks after the end of treatment.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or non-pregnant, non-lactating females 18 years or older
- Clinical diagnosis of tinea pedis with lesions localized to the interdigital spaces or predominantly interdigital, but may extend to other areas of the foot
- The presence of interdigital tinea pedis infection
- The sum of the clinical signs and symptoms scores of the target lesion is at least 4, including a minimum score of at least 2 for erythema and a minimum score of 2 for either scaling or pruritus
Exclusion Criteria:
- Females who are pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant during the study period
- Use of antipruritics, including antihistamines within 72 hours prior to baseline visit
- Use of topical corticosteroids, antibiotics or antifungal therapies within two weeks prior to baseline visit
- Use of systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics or antifungal therapies within one month prior to baseline visit
- Use of oral terbinafine or itraconazole within two months prior to baseline visit
- Use of immunosuppressive medication or radiation therapy within three months prior to baseline visit
- Any known hypersensitivity to Naftifine Hydrochloride, or any component of the formulation
- Confluent, diffuse moccasin-type tinea pedis of the entire plantar surface
- History of significant or current evidence of chronic infectious disease, system disorder, organ disorder, or other medical condition that would place undue risk by participation or could jeopardize the integrity of study evaluations
- Evidence of any concurrent dermatophytic infection of the toe nails or dermatological condition of the foot that may interfere with tinea pedis evaluation
- Past history of dermatophyte infections with a lack of response ot antifungal therapy

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02132260
Study Chair: | Catawba Research | http://catawbaresearch.com/contact/ | |
Study Director: | Natalie Yantovskiy | Taro Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Taro Pharmaceuticals USA |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02132260 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NFTC 1301 |
First Posted: | May 7, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 9, 2017 |
Last Verified: | May 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Naftifine Naftin® Tinea pedis |
Tinea Tinea Pedis Dermatomycoses Mycoses Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Infections Skin Diseases, Infectious Skin Diseases |
Foot Dermatoses Foot Diseases Pruritus Skin Manifestations Naftifine Antifungal Agents Anti-Infective Agents |