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Dermatology/trends , Practice Patterns, Physicians' , Private Practice , Health Care Reform , Humans , United StatesSubject(s)
Delivery of Health Care/standards , Meaningful Use/standards , Medical Records Systems, Computerized/standards , American Medical Association , Delivery of Health Care/economics , Humans , Meaningful Use/economics , Medical Records Systems, Computerized/economics , Private Practice/standards , United StatesSubject(s)
Health Policy/economics , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/economics , Private Sector/economics , Skin Diseases/economics , Dermatology/economics , Forecasting , Government Programs/economics , Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/legislation & jurisprudence , Private Sector/legislation & jurisprudence , Skin Diseases/therapy , United StatesABSTRACT
Benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is a widely used over-the-counter (OTC) topical acne treatment often used in combination with salicylic acid (SA) to achieve better comedone control than that achieved with BPO alone. MaxClarity™ is an OTC acne treatment system comprising BPO and SA in an aqueous foam delivery vehicle, VersaFoam AF™. This paper describes 2 open-label, single-arm studies conducted to assess the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and patient preference of MaxClarity in the treatment of mild, moderate, and severe acne. Subjects applied MaxClarity twice daily for 8 weeks in study 402 and for 12 weeks in study 405. Reductions in all lesion types were seen throughout both studies. At week 8 (study 402), there was a mean reduction from baseline of -56.9 ± 32.7% in total lesions in subjects with mild, moderate, or severe acne. At week 12 (study 405), there was a reduction from baseline of -61.6 ± 22.0% in total lesions in subjects with moderate or severe acne. Overall, both studies demonstrated that MaxClarity is a generally well tolerated and effective treatment for mild, moderate, and severe acne.