Efficacy and Safety of Calcipotriol/Betamethasone Dipropionate Ointment for the Treatment of Trachyonychia: An Open-Label Study

BACKGROUND: Despite efforts to treat trachyonychia, there is no promising treatment modality. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of calcipotriol plus betamethasone dipropionate ointment on trachyonychia. METHODS: A total of 39 patients with 432 nails affected by trachyonychia were enrolled. All patients applied calcipotriol/betamethasone ointment once daily without occlusion for 6 months. Outcome measures were assessed by physician's global assessment (degree of roughness: 0, clear; 1, mild; 2, moderate; 3, marked; 4, severe) at all time points. RESULTS: After 6 months of therapy, 98.6% (426/432) of nails showed significant clinical improvement; 4.2% were completely free from nail lesions. The mean physician global assessment score decreased significantly from 3.5 to 1.7 points (p< 0.05). No serious side effects were reported, except mild pruritus and erythema in 2 patients. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of calcipotriol/betamethasone ointment for the treatment of trachyonychia. The results indicate topical calcipotriol/betamethasone is an effective and safe treatment for symptom improvement of trachyonychia.

Clinical Observation of Calcipotriol Betamethasone Ointment Combined with Compound Glycyrrhizin Injec-tion in the Treatment of Erythrodermic Psoriasis / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To observe therapeutic efficacy and safety of Calcipotriol betamethasone ointment combined with Compound glycyrrhizin injection in the treatment of erythrodermic psoriasis. METHODS:120 cases of erythrodermic psoriasis were randomly divided into observation group and control group,60 cases in each. Control group received Calcipotriol betamethasone ointment topical,2 times a day,for 6 weeks. Observation group was additionally given Compound glycyrrhizin injection 80 ml add-ed into 250 ml Glucose solution intravenously,once a day,on the basis of control group. PASI score,VAS score,DLQI score, Clinical efficacy and ADR of 2 groups were observed. RESULTS:Two groups of patients after treatment,PASI score,VAS score, lesion area and DLQI score were significantly decreased,the observation group decreased more significantly,the difference was sta-tistically significant (P0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Calcipotriol betamethasone ointment combined with Compound glycyrrhizin injection can effectively alleviate the clinical symptoms of psoriasis erythrodermic,improve their quality of life,has a definite curative effect and ADR.