Treatment with bifonazole shampoo for seborrhea and seborrheic dermatitis: a randomized, double-blind study.
Forty-four patients with seborrhea and seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp were treated with either bifonazole shampoo (22 patients) or the vehicle shampoo (22 patients) in a randomized, double-blind vehicle-controlled study. The patients were instructed to wash their scalps 3 times weekly for 6 weeks and were examined every 3 weeks. Responses were evaluated by clinicians using a clinical grading of scaling, erythema and overall improvement, and also by the patients, who assessed pruritus and overall improvement, using a scale of 0 to 3. The improvement following the bifonazole shampoo was found to be significantly greater than that achieved with the vehicle shampoo in regard to the clinical evaluation of scaling (p = 0.01) as well as patient evaluation of pruritus (p = 0.008) and overall improvement (p = 0.03). No major adverse side effects were recorded.
Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Israel.
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Lurie
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006203:Hair Preparations; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D006203:Hair Preparations; D007093:Imidazoles; C036596:bifonazole