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Popatia S, Harken EO. Successful Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Situ With Microneedle-Assisted Drug Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil. Dermatol Surg 2024:00042728-990000000-00873. [PMID: 38984524 DOI: 10.1097/dss.0000000000004316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Sabrina Popatia
- Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Khattab F, Essam R, Elhadidy RF, Anis N. Intralesional combined digoxin and furosemide versus intralesional 5-flurouracil for the treatment of recalcitrant plantar warts: a prospective, randomized study. Arch Dermatol Res 2024; 316:411. [PMID: 38878078 PMCID: PMC11180028 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-024-03014-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/19/2024]
Abstract
There are many therapeutic modalities for plantar warts, however treating it remains challenging. Intralesional injection of 5-fluorouarcil and combined digoxin and furosemide were observed to be effective and safe, however no comparison study between them was done. Our study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of both therapies in the treatment of plantar warts. 90 adult patients with multiple recalcitrant plantar warts were included in our study. They were randomly allocated to one of three groups; combined digoxin and furosemide, 5-fluorouarcil, or normal saline group. Fortnightly injections were done into all studied warts till complete clearance or up to 5 sessions. Warts were evaluated clinically and dermoscopically. Clinical response was reported in 24 patients (80%) of the combined digoxin and furosemide group with 40% complete response and in 24 patients (80%) of the 5-fluorouarcil group with 33.3% complete response. No statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups concerning efficacy and safety. Intralesional injection of 5-fluorouarcil and combined digoxin and furosemide are nearly equivalent in efficacy and safety for plantar wart treatment. Dermoscopy helps to take the truthful judgment about complete clearance of warts.
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- Fathia Khattab
- Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
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Mullen SA, Myers EL, Brenner RL, Nguyen KT, Harper TA, Welsh D, Keffer S, Mueller J, Whitley MJ. Systematic Review of Intralesional Therapies for Cutaneous Warts. JID INNOVATIONS 2024; 4:100264. [PMID: 38585192 PMCID: PMC10990969 DOI: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2024.100264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Intralesional therapies are used for recalcitrant warts, but no Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment exists nor is there consensus regarding the most efficacious therapy. Therefore, this systematic review aims to summarize efficacy and adverse events reported in 62 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of intralesional therapies for cutaneous warts. The most studied intralesional therapies included measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine (n = 24 studies), purified protein derivative (PPD) (n = 19 studies), vitamin D3 (n = 15 studies), and Candida antigen (n = 14 studies). Most studies included adult and pediatric patients or adults alone, with only 4 studies on pediatric patients alone. MMR vaccine was the most studied treatment (n = 853 patients). MMR had a complete response rate of 27-90%. The next most common treatment, PPD, had a complete response rate of 45-87%. Other treatments included Candida antigen and vitamin D3, with complete response rates of 25-84% and 40-96%, respectively. The most frequent side effects were injection-site reactions and flu-like symptoms. This systematic review represents a useful summary of intralesional therapy RCTs for clinician reference. This study also highlights the lack of large multi-institutional RCTs, despite many patients being treated for this widespread problem.
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- Sarah A. Mullen
- College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Hassan H, Hosni A, Mammdoh YM, Fathy E. Serum Galectin-3: A novel predictor of treatment response to cryotherapy in cutaneous warts. Cryobiology 2023; 113:104790. [PMID: 37924930 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2023.104790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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- Heba Hassan
- Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology at the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
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- Clinical Pathology at the Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology at the Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
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- Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology at the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
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Lofty AR, Elbakry AM, Omar GAB, Hamdino M. Intralesional combined furosemide and digoxin in cutaneous warts treatment: A randomized controlled clinical trial. Dermatol Ther 2022; 35:e15935. [PMID: 36226802 DOI: 10.1111/dth.15935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although being a benign lesion, Warts can affect the quality of life by causing discomfort, disfigurement, and social embarrassment besides the tendency to spread. Cutaneous wart treatment faces many challenges as the development of an antiviral drug that can eradicate the human papilloma virus (HPV) is difficult. This clinical study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of intralesional combined furosemide and digoxin in the treatment of multiple cutaneous warts. This double blinded randomized clinical trial included 80 adult patients with multiple cutaneous warts (≥2 warts) who were randomized into two groups, Group I (40 patients) treated with intralesional combined furosemide and digoxin and Group II (40 patients) who were treated with intralesional normal saline solution as a control group, weekly till improvement or for maximum five sessions. Clinical and dermoscopic evaluation at baseline, every session, and monthly for 6 months after the last session to detect any recurrence was performed. Complete wart clearance was observed in 92.5% of patients in the intralesional combined furosemide and digoxin group (Group I) compared with 10.0% in saline group (Group II), with highly statistically significant difference (P-value = 0.000). Pain during injection in 95.0% and 45.0% of patients in Group I and Group II respectively, treatment group was superior compared to control group. Intralesional injection of combined furosemide and digoxin can be a safe and effective treatment option in multiple cutaneous warts with minimal side effects in this study.
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- Amira Reda Lofty
- Dermatology and Venereology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Mohta A, Chand Ghiya B, Dutt Mehta R, Soni P, Khokhar R, Sharda P, Ranga Z. Skin needling with 100% trichloroacetic acid vs. needling with bleomycin in the treatment of recalcitrant cutaneous warts. Clin Exp Dermatol 2021; 47:730-734. [PMID: 34610164 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The treatment of warts has always been a challenging prospect for dermatologists. In some cases, these warts can become resistant or recalcitrant to treatment. Although a plethora of therapeutic and destructive options is available for wart management, to date no treatment has been found to be completely effective because none of the agents induce specific antiviral immunity. We conducted a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of skin needling with topical 100% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) against the same type of skin needling with bleomycin in patients with recalcitrant cutaneous warts. In total, 33 (63.5%) patients in the TCA group and 35 (81.4%) in the bleomycin group had complete clearance of all the warts, which was not statistically significant (P = 0.13). There was also no statistically significant difference between the treated and untreated warts in the bleomycin group, whereas in the TCA group there was a significantly higher response rate in the treated warts. The most common adverse event (AE) in both groups was transient procedure site pain. We found that the use of needling plus TCA leads to a faster resolution of warts compared with needling plus bleomycin, with a comparable safety profile. Additionally, we found that TCA is superior to bleomycin for management of multiple warts. However, needling with either TCA or bleomycin has excellent and fairly comparable efficacy, and these methods should be used for the management of multiple or recalcitrant warts, as they have minimal AEs and recurrence rates.
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- A Mohta
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, India
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Transdermal drug delivery systems for fighting common viral infectious diseases. Drug Deliv Transl Res 2021; 11:1498-1508. [PMID: 34024014 PMCID: PMC8140753 DOI: 10.1007/s13346-021-01004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS) have many advantages and represent an excellent alternative to oral delivery and hypodermic injections. TDDS are more convenient and less invasive tools for disease and viral infection treatment, prevention, detection, and surveillance. The emerging development of microneedles for TDDS has facilitated improved skin barrier penetration for the delivery of macromolecules or hydrophilic drugs. Microneedle TDDS patches can be fabricated to deliver virus vaccines and potentially provide a viable alternative vaccine modality that offers improved immunogenicity, thermostability, simplicity, safety, and compliance as well as sharp-waste reduction, increased cost-effectiveness, and the capacity for self-administration, which could improve vaccine distribution. These advantages make TDDS-based vaccine delivery an especially well-suited option for treatment of widespread viral infectious diseases including pandemics. Because microneedle-based bioassays employ transdermal extraction of interstitial fluid or blood, they can be used as a minimally invasive approach for surveying disease markers and providing point-of-care (POC) diagnostics. For cutaneous viral infections, TDDS can provide localized treatment with high specificity and less systemic toxicity. In summary, TDDS, especially those that employ microneedles, possess special attributes that can be leveraged to reduce morbidity and mortality from viral infectious diseases. In this regard, they may have considerable positive impact as a modality for improving global health. In this article, we introduce the possible role and summarize the current literature regarding TDDS applications for fighting common cutaneous or systemic viral infectious diseases, including herpes simplex, varicella or herpes zoster, warts, influenza, measles, and COVID-19.
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Management of Difficult-to-Treat Warts: Traditional and New Approaches. Am J Clin Dermatol 2021; 22:379-394. [PMID: 33432476 DOI: 10.1007/s40257-020-00582-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Warts are regularly treated by dermatologists, and while many respond readily to first-line treatments, others may represent a therapeutic challenge. Large, deep, numerous, and extensive warts; treatment-resistant lesions with higher risk for side effects, such as hypopigmentation; or patients unable to tolerate or comply with our treatment regimen, may need alternative treatment options. In this work we review the characteristics of select modalities that should be considered for difficult-to-treat warts. We discuss efficacy and tolerability data as well as practical features that can guide us to select the best treatment for every scenario. Novel approaches, still in an investigational phase, are also discussed to illustrate potential future directions of wart treatment.
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