Efficacy of Combined Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser and Topical Tazarotene in the Treatment of Psoriatic Nail Disease

Summary

Nail psoriasis has a high incidence amongst patients with psoriasis.It is estimated to affect 80% of psoriatic patients at some time during their lives and has a significant adverse influence on their quality of life. Treatment of nail psoriasis is disappointing, as it is refractory to treatment, with conventional therapies often having little effect.

Timeline

Start

2017-10-01

Primary completion

2018-10-01

Completion

2018-11-01

Publications

• Background Salomon J, Szepietowski JC, Proniewicz A. Psoriatic nails: a prospective clinical study. J Cutan Med Surg. 2003 Jul-Aug;7(4):317-21. doi: 10.1007/s10227-002-0143-0. Epub 2003 Jul 28.
• Background Sanchez-Regana M, Aldunce Soto MJ, Belinchon Romero I, Ribera Pibernat M, Lafuente-Urrez RF, Carrascosa Carrillo JM, Ferrandiz Foraster C, Puig Sanz L, Dauden Tello E, Vidal Sarro D, Ruiz-Villaverde R, Fonseca Capdevila E, Rodriguez Cerdeira MC, Alsina Gibert MM, Herrera Acosta E, Marron Moya SE; en representacion del Grupo Espanol de Psoriasis de la Academia Espanola de Dermatologia y Venereologia. Evidence-based guidelines of the spanish psoriasis group on the use of biologic therapy in patients with psoriasis in difficult-to-treat sites (nails, scalp, palms, and soles). Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2014 Dec;105(10):923-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2014.02.015. Epub 2014 May 19. English, Spanish.
• Background Grover C, Reddy BS, Uma Chaturvedi K. Diagnosis of nail psoriasis: importance of biopsy and histopathology. Br J Dermatol. 2005 Dec;153(6):1153-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06862.x.
• Background Rich P, Scher RK. Nail Psoriasis Severity Index: a useful tool for evaluation of nail psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Aug;49(2):206-12. doi: 10.1067/s0190-9622(03)00910-1.
• Background Cassell SE, Bieber JD, Rich P, Tutuncu ZN, Lee SJ, Kalunian KC, Wu CW, Kavanaugh A. The modified Nail Psoriasis Severity Index: validation of an instrument to assess psoriatic nail involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2007 Jan;34(1):123-9.
• Background Oram Y, Akkaya AD. Treatment of nail psoriasis: common concepts and new trends. Dermatol Res Pract. 2013;2013:180496. doi: 10.1155/2013/180496. Epub 2013 May 13.
• Background Jiaravuthisan MM, Sasseville D, Vender RB, Murphy F, Muhn CY. Psoriasis of the nail: anatomy, pathology, clinical presentation, and a review of the literature on therapy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007 Jul;57(1):1-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.073.
• Background Lim EH, Seo YJ, Lee JH, Im M. Onychodystrophy treated using fractional carbon dioxide laser therapy and topical steroids: new treatment options for nail dystrophy. Dermatol Surg. 2013 Dec;39(12):1931-3. doi: 10.1111/dsu.12365. Epub 2013 Oct 26. No abstract available.
• Background Rigopoulos D, Gregoriou S, Katsambas A. Treatment of psoriatic nails with tazarotene cream 0.1% vs. clobetasol propionate 0.05% cream: a double-blind study. Acta Derm Venereol. 2007;87(2):167-8. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0195. No abstract available.
• Background Velez NF, Jellinek NJ. Response to onychodystrophy treated using fractional carbon dioxide laser therapy and topical steroids. Dermatol Surg. 2014 Jul;40(7):801-2. doi: 10.1111/DSU.0000000000000036. No abstract available.
• Background Fischer-Levancini C, Sanchez-Regana M, Llambi F, Collgros H, Exposito-Serrano V, Umbert-Millet P. Nail psoriasis: treatment with tazarotene 0.1% hydrophilic ointment. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2012 Oct;103(8):725-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2012.04.008. Epub 2012 Jul 19. English, Spanish.
• Background Treewittayapoom C, Singvahanont P, Chanprapaph K, Haneke E. The effect of different pulse durations in the treatment of nail psoriasis with 595-nm pulsed dye laser: a randomized, double-blind, intrapatient left-to-right study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 May;66(5):807-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.12.015. Epub 2012 Jan 13.
• Background Maranda EL, Nguyen AH, Lim VM, Hafeez F, Jimenez JJ. Laser and light therapies for the treatment of nail psoriasis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016 Aug;30(8):1278-84. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13678. Epub 2016 May 26.

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