Tazarotene as alternative topical treatment for onychomycosis

Drug Design, Development and Therapy
Elena CampioneAugusto Orlandi

Abstract

Distal and lateral onychomycoses are the most frequent forms of onychomycosis, causing subungual hyperkeratosis that usually limits local penetration of antimycotic drugs. Tazarotene exerts anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating activities toward both infective agents and damaged keratinocytes. Given the well-documented efficacy of tazarotene on hyperkeratotic nail psoriasis, we investigated its therapeutic use in onychomycosis. We designed a preliminary open clinical trial in patients affected by distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis of the toenails and verified the fungistatic activity of tazarotene in vitro. Fifteen patients were treated with topical tazarotene 0.1% gel once per day for 12 weeks. Mycological cultures and potassium hydroxide stains of nail samples were performed at the beginning and at the end of the study. Treatment was considered effective when clinical healing and negative mycological culture were obtained. Onycholysis, nail bed discoloration, and subungual hyperkeratosis were measured using standardized methodologies and analyzed by means of Mann-Whitney test and analysis of variance. Fungistatic activity of tazarotene was evaluated by disk diffusion assay. Six patients (40%) reached a mycological c...Continue Reading

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Jan 15, 2016·Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs·Aditya K Gupta, Catherine Studholme
Aug 8, 2018·The Journal of Dermatological Treatment·Essam Bakr Abd El-AalMostafa Taha Eldestawy
Mar 4, 2021·Biomedicines·Terenzio CosioElena Campione
Jun 11, 2020·Case Reports in Dermatology·Laura VollonoElena Campione

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