Lipidome and microbiome analysis in subjects with acne on doxycycline. Investigators will look at the skin lipidome, blood lipidome, gut micro biome and skin micro biome. Investigators will look at the changes between acne subjects and control participants, but also the changes that occur after the use of antibiotics and how this is altered.
We will look at acne subjects, and controls. We will look at four things 1. skin lipidome 2. skin microbiome 3. gut microbiome 4. blood lipidome Investigators will assess this in acne participants before and after doxycycline and compare them to controls.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Given doxycycline to acne subjects
UC Davis Dept of Dermatology
Sacramento, California, United States
Change in the diversity of the gut microbiome in those with and without acne.
The diversity will be evaluated by assessing the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index and the Shannon diversity of the bacterial DNA in the gut microbiome.
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the diversity of the gut microbiome before and after the treatment of doxycycline in those with acne.
The diversity will be evaluated by assessing the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index and the Shannon diversity of the bacterial DNA in the gut microbiome.
Time frame: 2 years
Change in global acne grade score
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the investigator global assessment of acne
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the lesion count of inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the diversity of the skin microbiome in those with and without acne
The diversity will be evaluated by assessing the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index and the Shannon diversity of the bacterial DNA in the gut microbiome.
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the diversity of the skin microbiome before and after treatment with doxycycline in those with acne
The diversity will be evaluated by assessing the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index and the Shannon diversity of the bacterial DNA in the gut microbiome.
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the diversity of the skin lipidome in those with and without acne
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The lipid profile will include quantitation of the fatty acid profiles and presence of long chain fatty acids and short chain fatty acids.
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the skin lipidome before and after treatment with doxycycline in those with acne
The lipid profile will include quantitation of the fatty acid profiles and presence of long chain fatty acids and short chain fatty acids.
Time frame: 2 years
Change in the diversity of the blood lipidome in those with and without acne
The lipid profile will include quantitation of the fatty acid profiles and presence of long chain fatty acids and short chain fatty acids.
Time frame: 2 year
Change in the blood lipidome before and after treatment with doxycycline in those with
The lipid profile will include quantitation of the fatty acid profiles and presence of long chain fatty acids and short chain fatty acids.
Time frame: 2 years