A Study to Determine the Efficacy of Taclonex Topical Suspension as a Supplement to Non-biologic Systemic Therapy

Summary

Oral therapies for psoriasis, including methotrexate and acitretin, are often less effective when used as monotherapy (without other oral medicines or creams) than are newer biologic injected drugs. However, these oral medications are also less expensive than biologic agents and may be safer for use in some patients. The purpose of this study is to determine if adding a topical psoriasis medicine, calcipotriene/betamethasone topical suspension (Taclonex topical suspension), will improve the severity of psoriasis in patients already on methotrexate or acitretin and to determine if adding this topical suspension will reduce the desire of such patients to switch to a biologic agent to treat their psoriasis.

Timeline

Start

2013-01

Primary completion

2014-09

Completion

2014-09

Publications

• Ferris LK, Kupetsky E, Houston NA. A Preliminary, Open Label, Single-arm Study of Calcipotriene/Betamethasone Topical Suspension as a Supplement to Non-biologic Systemic Therapy for Psoriasis. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2016 Apr;9(4):33-8. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

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