Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of itraconazole with
terbinafine cream versus itraconazole with sertaconazole cream in dermatophytosis: A within person pilot study.
Med J Armed Forces India 2023;
79:526-530. [PMID:
37719899 PMCID:
PMC10499633 DOI:
10.1016/j.mjafi.2021.07.001]
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Abstract
Background
Current trend of rising drug-resistant dermatophyte infection is alarming and fretted by dermatologists. Dilemma prevails regarding use of the same or different class of antifungal agents topically and systemically. The aim was to study the efficacy of oral itraconazole 200 mg with 1% terbinafine cream versus oral itraconazole 200 mg with 2% sertaconazole cream in dermatophytosis.
Methods
This within-person open-label pilot study enrolled 50 patients with dermatophytosis. Two lesions of comparable size within each patient were randomly allotted to group A and B and treated with 2% sertaconazole and 1% terbinafine cream, respectively. Both groups received itraconazole 200 mg once daily for 4 weeks. The remaining lesions received 1% terbinafine cream. Response and adverse effects were assessed at 2 and 4 weeks. Reduction in erythema, scaling, pruritus and clinical, and mycological cure constituted efficacy outcomes.
Results
The mean duration of lesions was 2.82 ± 1.35 months. Complete clinical cure was observed in 50% and 48%, whereas mycological cure was attained in 56% and 52% patients in groups A and B, respectively, after 4 weeks, which was statistically insignificant. Reduction in erythema, scaling, and pruritus after 4 weeks when compared between the two groups, was also statistically insignificant.
Conclusion
Same class of oral and topical antifungal agents has comparable efficacy with different classes of oral and topical antifungal agents in dermatophyte infection.
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