[Influence of an adjuvant treatment with an emollient containing 10 % urea, ceramides, glycerin und glyceryl glucoside in patients with psoriasis vulgaris].

BACKGROUND

Guidelines generally recommend an adjuvant treatment with emollients for patients suffering from psoriasis. However evidence for this purpose is limited.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

We performed a prospective observational study with an emollient containing 10% urea, ceramides, glycerin and glyceryl glucoside in patients suffering from mild to moderate psoriasis. The patients had to be stable for at least 12 weeks on prior antipsoriatic therapy including topical therapy, systemic treatment or phototherapy which was continued during the trial.

RESULTS

A 4-week daily application of the emollient resulted in significant improvement regarding quality of life (measured by DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index) and clinical outcome (measured by local PASI, Psoriasis Area and Severity Index) among the treated patients.

CONCLUSION

The trial results show that a daily adjuvant treatment with emollients can support a basic antipsoriatic therapy both in aspects of clinical efficacy and quality of life in mild to moderate patients suffering from psoriasis.