Efficacy of Low Dose Naltrexone in Psoriasis

Summary

Objective of the study is to determine the efficacy of low dose naltrexone in the patients of psoriasis, which is a chronic relapsing and remitting disease. A non-randomized clinical trial was carried out in the Department of dermatology in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi. All patients with mild, moderate and severe psoriasis with age above 13 years without any co-morbid, were prescribed tablet Naltrexone 6 mg daily after assessing PASI, BSA and DLQI scores before starting treatment. Patients were called monthly for follow up to monitor lipid profiles and liver function tests. After 3 months of treatment, PASI, BSA and DLQI scores were assessed again. The results were significant when analysed with paired t test in SPSS 23.

Timeline

Start

2019-01-01

Primary completion

2019-07-31

Completion

2019-09-30

Publications

• Background Rendon A, Schakel K. Psoriasis Pathogenesis and Treatment. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Mar 23;20(6):1475. doi: 10.3390/ijms20061475.
• Background Zashin S. Sjogren's Syndrome: Clinical Benefits of Low-dose Naltrexone Therapy. Cureus. 2019 Mar 11;11(3):e4225. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4225.
• Results Beltran Monasterio EP. Low-dose Naltrexone: An Alternative Treatment for Erythrodermic Psoriasis. Cureus. 2019 Jan 23;11(1):e3943. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3943.

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