Treatment of Psoriasis Using Acitretin in HIV-Positive Patients
Summary
To determine the efficacy of acitretin in the treatment of psoriasis in HIV/AIDS patients.
Etretinate, a retinoid, has proven successful in the treatment of HIV-infected patients with psoriasis, but it has an elimination half-life of 100 days. Acitretin, a metabolite of etretinate, has a much shorter half-life of 2 to 3 days. Acitretin has proven effective in treating psoriasis in patients without HIV infection by reducing skin involvement and clearing of the condition, but it has not been thoroughly evaluated in HIV-infected patients.
Description
Etretinate, a retinoid, has proven successful in the treatment of HIV-infected patients with psoriasis, but it has an elimination half-life of 100 days. Acitretin, a metabolite of etretinate, has a much shorter half-life of 2 to 3 days. Acitretin has proven effective in treating psoriasis in patients without HIV infection by reducing skin involvement and clearing of the condition, but it has not been thoroughly evaluated in HIV-infected patients.
Patients receive acitretin daily, with dose increases every 4 weeks based on quantitative assessment of the skin using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). Treatment continues for a total of 20 weeks. Patients are followed every 2 weeks.
Study Design
Control: Placebo Control, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
HIV Infections
Intervention
Acitretin
Location
Beth Israel Med Ctr
New York
New York
United States
10003
Status
Completed
Source
NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00002143
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T03:59:18-0400
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Acitretin
An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. It is the major metabolite of ETRETINATE with the advantage of a much shorter half-life when compared with etretinate.
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