Study Comparing Acne in Patients Taking Oral Minocycline to Patients Taking Minocycline Plus Topical Tretinoin

Summary

The use of oral antibiotics alone to treat inflammatory acne provides little to no long term therapeutic benefit. Acne relapse rates can be reduced by using topical tretinoin 0.01% in conjunction with minocycline, thereby increasing the therapeutic effect of the oral antibiotic.

Timeline

Start

2004-08

Primary completion

2006-12

Completion

2006-12

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Too much difficulty recruiting and retaining patients, PI decided to stop.”

Drugs

Indications