title: A double-blind trial of budesonide ointment and betamethasone-17-valerate ointment in psoriasis.
abstract: In a double-blind within-patient clinical trial in psoriasis, budesonide 0.025% ointment has been shown to be at least as efficient as betamethasone-17-valerate 0.1% ointment. A lower concentration of budesonide ointment, 0.01%, was used for 4 weeks of maintenance treatment. This concentration controlled residual symptoms well in a majority of the patients, thirty-two in number.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D001624:Betamethasone Valerate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019819:Budesonide; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009824:Ointments; D011282:Pregnenediones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D009824:Ointments; D011282:Pregnenediones; D019819:Budesonide; D001623:Betamethasone; D001624:Betamethasone Valerate