title: Mometasone furoate 0.1% and salicylic acid 5% vs. mometasone furoate 0.1% as sequential local therapy in psoriasis vulgaris.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Treatment in psoriasis vulgaris continues to unmet needs in terms of efficacy, quality of life and costs. Patients with moderate forms of psoriasis are using topical corticosteroids as first-line therapy and patients with severe forms also use this therapy. Optimization of this treatment is made by the use of combination drugs or by the sequential or rotational therapies. A multicentric clinical study was performed to measure the efficiency of mometasone furoate 0.1% and salicylic acid 5% and mometasone furoate 0.1% as sequential local therapy in psoriasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a randomized, multicentre trial with two patient groups receiving active treatment. The study group (N = 184) received mometasone furoate 0.1% and salicylic acid 5% for the first 7 days of treatment, and in the following 14 days, the patients used mometasone furoate 0.1%. The second group (N = 176) was treated with mometasone furoate 0.1% for 21 consecutive days. Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) score and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the first week of treatment in the study group, the reduction of PASI score was 44%, statistically significant greater than the reduction of PASI score in the second group (37%). Quality of life estimated by DLQI indicated significant lower values in the first (study) group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sequential treatment mometasone furoate 0.1% and salicylic acid 5% followed by mometasone furoate 0.1% proves to be efficient, safe and an excellent option for the following sequence: in-patient and out-patient.
authors.affiliation: Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. tiplica@b.astral.ro
authors.forename: G-S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Tiplica
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Salavastru
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000328:Adult; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007641:Keratolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000068656:Mometasone Furoate; D011244:Pregnadienediols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012383:Romania; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D007641:Keratolytic Agents; D011244:Pregnadienediols; D000068656:Mometasone Furoate; D020156:Salicylic Acid