Due to business strategic reasons, LEO Pharma has decided to close down the FCF-38 trial.

The trial is designed to compare the efficacy and safety of Fucicort® Lipid cream with the combination treatment of Fucidin® cream followed by betamethasone (Lianbang Beisong®) cream, or Fucicort® Lipid cream vehicle, when applied twice daily for two weeks. The trial is designed to demonstrate that treatment with Fucicort® Lipid cream is not inferior to the combination treatment with the mono component drugs, Fucidin® cream followed by betamethasone (Lianbang Beisong®) cream and that treatment with Fucicort® Lipid cream is superior to the treatment with Fucicort® Lipid cream vehicle. This is a 3-arm, parallel group, active- and vehicle-controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety after 14 days treatment of Fucicort® Lipid cream, to Fucidin® cream followed by betamethasone (Lianbang Beisong®) cream, or Fucicort® Lipid cream vehicle, in subjects with clinically infected AD/eczema.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of AD/eczema as defined by Williams's criteria with clinical signs of infected AD/eczema on trunk and/or extremities such as fluid drainage, blistered skin, white or yellow pus, severe itchiness and new burning sensation
• A minimum score of 1 for each of the signs in the m-EASI score in at least one of the pre-defined body areas (trunk and/or extremities)
• Subjects between 2 and 65 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of concurrent diseases that could interfere with trial assessments or pose a safety concern

• Subjects with other skin lesions, e.g. scarring, tattoos, or hyperpigmentation on the treatment area that could interfere with assessments

• Clinical findings such as severe heart, liver, kidney and lung deficiency, which will be impacted by the trial procedures at the investigator's discretion

• Subjects who have received treatment with any non-marketed drug substance (i.e. an agent which has not yet been made available for clinical use following registration) within the last 4 weeks prior to randomisation at investigator's discretion

• Use of prohibited medication, i.e.

  1. Systemic treatment with immunosuppressive or immunomodulating drugs(including Leigongteng) or corticosteroids within 28 days prior to randomisation
  2. Use of topical or systemic antibiotics and anti-histamines within 14 days prior to randomisation
  3. Phototherapy (e.g. PUVA, UVA or UVB therapy) within 28 days prior to randomisation
  4. Topical treatment with immunomodulators (e.g. pimecrolimus, tacrolimus) within 14 days prior to randomisation
  5. Topical treatment with corticosteroids or any other topical treatment within 7 days prior to randomisation
  6. Use of any non-prescribed systemic or cutaneous medication within 7 days prior to randomisation
  7. The use of analgesics at the discretion of the investigator is allowed before and during the trial

In order to keep the trial investigator-blind, packaging and labelling of the outer box will be identical for all investigational medicinal products (IMPs). Handling of individual tubes of IMP will therefore be handled by a designated third person. Individual tubes of IMP will be inaccessible for the (sub)investigator and other trial staff involved in evaluation of subjects and conduct of the trial. Subjects will be instructed to only reveal the IMP to the drug dispenser and not to the trial staff.