Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: N/A
Brief Summary: Acitretin, when given in combiantion with pioglitazone might achieve better and/or more rapid control of moderate to severe chronic plaque type psoriasis.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria: - Subjects who completed study 20030115 or 20030117 qualify to enroll into this study (provided that they meet all inclusion/exclusion criteria). - Heterosexually active men and women of child-bearing potential must agree to use a medically acceptable form of contraception throughout the study. - Subject or designee must have the ability to self-inject investigational product. - Subject must be capable of understanding and giving written voluntary informed consent. - Negative serum pregnancy test less than or equal to 14 days prior to the first dose of investigational product in all female subjects (except those surgically sterile or at least 5 years postmenopausal) Exclusion Criteria: - Active guttate, erythrodermic, or pustular psoriasis at the time of the baseline visit - Any adverse event or infection at the time of the baseline visit or at any time during the previous etanercept psoriasis study which, in the opinion of Amgen or the Investigator, would preclude participation in the study - Presence of a serious infection less than or equal to 30 days prior to the baseline visit - Evidence of skin conditions at the baseline visit (e.g., eczema) that would interfere with evaluations of the effect of investigational product on psoriasis - Previous receipt of anti-TNF agent(s) other than etanercept - Receipt of any investigational product(s), other than etanercept, less than or equal to 30 days prior to first dose of investigational product in this study - Receipt of anti-CD4 or diphtheria IL-2 fusion protein less than or equal to 24 weeks prior to first dose of investigational product in this study - Psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA) light therapy less than or equal to 14 days prior to first dose of investigational product in this study - Ultraviolet A (UVA) light therapy less than or equal to 14 days prior to first dose of investigational product in this study - Ultraviolet B (UVB) light therapy less than or equal to 14 days prior to first dose of investigational product in this study - Receipt of any other systemic psoriasis therapy or oral or parenteral corticosteroids less than or equal to 14 days prior to first dose of investigational product in this study - Pregnant or breast-feeding females - Significant concurrent medical conditions prior to enrollment, including: uncontrolled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure measurement of greater than 180 mm Hg or an untreated diastolic blood pressure of greater than 110 mm Hg); myocardial infarction less than or equal to 52 weeks prior to baseline visit; unstable angina pectoris; uncompensated congestive heart failure; severe pulmonary disease requiring hospitalization or supplemental oxygen therapy; diagnosis of multiple sclerosis or any other demyelinating disease; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; history of cancer (other than in-situ cervical cancer or resected cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma) less than or equal to 5 years prior to administration of first dose of investigational product; open cutaneous ulcers; known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive; any condition that might cause this study to be detrimental to the subject, in the judgment of the investigator.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with chronic plaque type psoriasis having body surface area involvement of \> 20%
* Patients of either sex
* Females who have completed their family and are tubectomized or are postmenopausal i.e. no menstrual bleeding over at least 1 year
* Age range 18-65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

* Females of child bearing potential
* H/O hypersensitivity to acitretin
* Impaired hepatic function (serum bilirubin, AST, ALT and alkaline phosphatase \>1.5 times the upper limit of normal)
* Impaired renal function (serum creatinine \>1.5mg% in males and \>1.4 mg% in females)
* Hyperlipidemia
* BMI \>30 kg /m2
* H/O excessive alcohol use
* Diabetes mellitus
* Congestive heart failure
* Ischemic heart disease
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Have been diagnosed with plaque psoriasis for at least 6 months.
* Have plaque psoriasis covering at least 15% of their total body.
* Be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic treatment of psoriasis (either naïve or history of previous treatment).
* Be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan and other study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Currently have non-plaque forms of psoriasis or drug-induced psoriasis.
* Subject cannot discontinue systemic therapies and/or topical therapies for the treatment of psoriasis and cannot discontinue phototherapy.
* Subject is participating in another trial using an investigational agent or procedure.
* Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding or considering becoming pregnant.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Body Mass Index (BMI) of 17 to 40 kg/m2
* Subjects must have two comparable psoriatic lesions measuring between 9 and 100 cm2 and these target lesions must be similar in size to each other, and separated by at least 15 cm.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with lesions solely involving the palms of the hands or soles of the feet or intertriginous areas, the scalp or the face.
* Subjects with pustular psoriasis or erythroderma.
* Subjects currently on other topical agents or UVB therapy within 2 weeks of the first dose of study medication.
* Subjects receiving PUVA within 4 weeks of the first dose of study medication.
* Subjects receiving systemic retinoids, etanercept, adalimumab or efalizumab or oral immunosuppressives within 3 months prior to the first dose of study medication.
* Subjects receiving any other biological therapy (infliximab, alefacept, abatacept, etc) within 3 months of the first dose of study medication.

Answer: B