The study is a basic science research study that is designed to characterize and compare the immune response in individuals who are designated as ABO blood group secretors, meaning they have a functional copy of the FUT2 gene versus those patients who are designated ABO non-secretors after application of topical imiquimod to these patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
6
Patients with a diagnosis of actinic keratosis or warts that would be prescribed imiquimod as standard of care will be asked to apply 2 packets (or 2 full pumps) of imiquimod once daily before bedtime for two weeks and then leave on overnight for \~8 hours. (a) A biopsy will be performed at the baseline visit on the pre-treatment skin and the skin where the medication will not be applied. The skin where the medication will not be applied will act as the negative control. A biopsy will then again be performed on day 10 of imiquimod treatment on the treated skin only, where the study drug was applied.
University of California Davis
Sacramento, California, United States
Immune response
RNA sequencing of patients to gauge immune response as measured by expression of key inflammatory cytokines related to TLR7 response generated by imiquimod.
Time frame: 5 years
Monitoring
Incidence of treatment-related adverse events
Time frame: 1 year
Flow cytometry
Flow cytometry measurement of cell populations in patients after imiquimod
Time frame: 3 years
Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemical staining of patient biopsies using immune cell stains: CD3, CD4, CD8, CD68
Time frame: 3 years
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