Articles: rosacea.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
A multicenter study of topical azelaic acid 15% gel in combination with oral doxycycline as initial therapy and azelaic acid 15% gel as maintenance monotherapy.
This two-phase, multicenter study was undertaken to examine the safety and efficacy of combination therapy with oral doxycycline and topical azelaic acid (AzA) 15% gel in moderate-to-severe papulopustular rosacea and to determine the effect of subsequent maintenance monotherapy with AzA 15% gel alone. In the initial open-label, non-randomized phase of the study, subjects (n=172) received topical AzA 15% gel and oral doxycycline (100 mg), both twice daily, for < or = 12 weeks. In the second, double-blind study phase, subjects who had initially undergone at least four weeks of combination treatment in phase 1 and who achieved > or = 75% inflammatory lesion count reduction (n=136) were randomized to receive either AzA 15% gel or its vehicle twice daily for an additional 24 weeks. ⋯ During the second study phase (maintenance phase), AzA 15% gel consistently provided a better maintenance response than vehicle, with maintenance of remission in 75% of patients over the six-month duration of the maintenance phase. Additionally AzA 15% gel showed a statistically significantly lower deterioration in absolute inflammatory lesion counts than did vehicle after 8, 16, 20 and 24 weeks of maintenance therapy. No serious treatment-related AEs were encountered in the study, and 98.5% of subjects were satisfied with the local tolerability of both AzA gel and vehicle.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Comparison of anti-inflammatory dose doxycycline versus doxycycline 100 mg in the treatment of rosacea.
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J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol · Jun 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialA randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, split-face study with pimecrolimus cream 1% for papulopustular rosacea.
Rosacea is a common inflammatory skin disorder for which the pathogenesis is unclear. Currently, there is no cure for rosacea, and it seems that standard therapies have focused mainly on minimizing inflammation. ⋯ Our data implicated that pimecrolimus cream is not superior to placebo except for its efficacy on erythema. We believe that pimecrolimus cream can be a treatment option for rosacea patients with high erythema score for whom an initial accelerated improvement is needed. We believe further studies with topical pimecrolimus cream on larger study groups with different subtypes and severity of rosacea will clarify the potential effect of pimecrolimus cream for the treatment of rosacea.
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Rosacea is a chronic, relapsing dermatologic condition that affects an estimated 14 million people in the U.S. However, there is little data in the literature on the healthcare utilization and costs of patients with rosacea in insured populations. ⋯ This is the first extensive study of rosacea and its impact on healthcare utilization and costs in an insured population. Although rosacea is a common illness that does not have much financial impact on its sufferers, rosacea patients incurred slightly higher direct total healthcare costs than matched controls.