Korean J Dermatol.  2000 Jun;38(6):772-776.

Treatment of Psoriasis with Calcipotriol-PUVA

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: PUVA photochemotherapy has been accepted as an effective treatment modality in the treatment of psoriasis. Many combination therapies have been tried to reduce the long-term side effects of UV radiation. OBJECTIVE: We performed conventional PUVA and calcipotriol-PUVA combination therapy to compare the effectiveness between two treatment modalities. METHODS: We treated 38 Korean patients with conventional PUVA and 54 with D-PUVA. We compared the total number, duration and total UVA dose of PUVA therapy to reach grade 4 between two groups. We categorized each patient into clearing, improvement, or failure groups based on the therapeutic efficacy, and evaluated PASI score at patient`s visits. RESULTS: The irradiation number and total cumulative dose of D-PUVA phototherapy to achieve grade 4 were significantly smaller than PUVA phototherapy. CONCLUSION: Combining PUVA with a vitamin D analogue, calcipotriol, in the treatment of psoriasis may lead to lowering the risk of long-term exposure to UV radiation with higher efficacy.

Keyword

Psoriasis; PUVA; Calcipotriol-PUVA

MeSH Terms

Humans
Photochemotherapy
Phototherapy
Psoriasis*
PUVA Therapy
Vitamin D
Vitamin D
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