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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Prof
Miriam
Santer
+44 2380 590742
acnecare@soton.ac.uk
Dr
Rosie
Essery
+44 2380 590742
acnecare@soton.ac.uk
Mrs
Julie
Hooper
+44 2380 590742
acnecare@soton.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
Acne vulgaris
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Acne is very common, frequently causes distress or low self-confidence, and may lead to permanent scarring, long-lasting dark marks, or depression. Treatment of acne is a major cause of antibiotic use amongst young people, leading to antibiotic resistance. Evidence and guidelines suggest that topical treatments (creams or gels applied directly to the skin) should be the main treatments for acne. Effective topical treatments are available from pharmacies without a prescription, but many people are unaware of these and buy cosmetic products that don’t help instead. People often give up on topical treatments because they are not given full advice on how to use them. For example, they don’t know how to reduce the risk of stinging and redness or that it takes several weeks for treatments to start working.
We have developed a new website to help young people with acne to manage acne more effectively, including information on how to obtain effective treatments, promote regular treatment use and advice on how to avoid side effects.
We will test the new website in a randomised trial: first of all to check that the website and the study procedures work as expected and are acceptable and accessible for the people who take part; and after this to see whether it improves outcomes for people with acne and reduces the use of long-term oral antibiotics.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Their acne is currently clear or almost clear, i.e. if they answer ‘no’ to the following question asked online at baseline screening: “Do you have spots or acne on your face at the moment? This could include whiteheads or more red spots or bumps.”2. They are unable to give informed consent or their parent does not provide consent (for participants aged 13-15 recruited via community or social media advertising)3. They are unable to read and write English as the intervention content and outcome measures are in English4. They are currently taking oral isotretinoin or have taken it within the previous 3 months, as advice about topical acne treatments may be inappropriate in this case5. They took part in interviews as part of Acne Care Online intervention development. (Qualitative interviewees who did not view intervention materials will NOT be excluded)6. Only one person per household will be able to take part in the study. If someone from that household has already joined the study then they will be excluded from the study7. If the feasibility trial remains separate to the full scale trial, participants in the feasibility trial will be excluded from the full-scale trial
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Mrs
Julie
Hooper
+44 2380 590742
acnecare@soton.ac.uk
Prof
Miriam
Santer
+44 2380 590742
acnecare@soton.ac.uk
Dr
Rosie
Essery
+44 2380 590742
acnecare@soton.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by University of Southampton and funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Your feedback is important to us. It will help us improve the quality of the study information on this site. Please answer both questions.
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