title: Identification of key research needs for topical therapy treatment of psoriasis - a consensus paper by the International Psoriasis Council.
abstract: In this age of expanding choices of therapy for psoriasis, topical therapies still play an important part in the management of patients. There are many knowledge gaps in topical therapy for psoriasis with regard to efficacy and safety as well as various combinations including topical therapy with phototherapy or with systemic agents. Councillors of the International Psoriasis Council comprised a topical therapy working group to describe these gaps in order to help direct future research endeavours. Herein, we present the results of this analysis, discuss topical agents in clinical development and the attributes of the ideal topical treatment for psoriasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lynde
authors.affiliation: The Dermatology Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kleyn
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.affiliation: International Psoriasis Council, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: van der Walt
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre Hospital Complex, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: St. Vincents Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.affiliation: Innovaderm Research, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bissonnette
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010789:Phototherapy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D003879:Dermatologic Agents