Topical glucocorticoids of the non-fluorinated double-ester type. Lack of atrophogenicity in normal skin as assessed by high-frequency ultrasound.
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- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Vol. 72 (3) , 214-216
- https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555572214216
Abstract
With the advent of non-fluorinated double esters the spectrum of topical dermatotherapy with glucocorticoids seems to have broadened to include safer congeners. To assess the atrophogenicity potential of glucocorticoids, high-frequency ultrasound has been proposed. In a comparative trial using the DUB 20 system, 24 healthy volunteers applied hydrocortisone aceponate, the corresponding vehicle, prednicarbate ointment and betamethasone-17-valerate ointment over a period of 6 weeks. While both hydrocortisone aceponate and prednicarbate ointment induced no significant reduction in skin thickness, the onset of epidermal-dermal thinning with betamethasone-17-valerate was early and the extent marked. These findings imply an increased therapeutic index with the non-fluorinated double esters.Keywords
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