A short contact therapy using benzoyl peroxide 5% gel (BPO-5%) for truncal acne vulgaris led to a reduction in the inflammatory, non-inflammatory and total lesion counts over time. After 12 weeks, the percent of reduction were 73.27%, 60.38% and 65.16%, respectively. Adverse events related to the study drug were observed in 9 of 42 patients, all of which were mild in severity and either recovered or improved, indicating low safety concerns. The efficacy of short contact therapy with BPO-5% has been demonstrated for facial acne in randomized vehicle-controlled double-blind clinical trial, and it is expected to be useful for treating truncal acne vulgaris.
A stratified analysis of the efficacy and safety of tapinarof cream 1% was performed on the basis of data from trials in Japanese adult patients with plaque psoriasis and patients 12 years of age or older with atopic dermatitis. There was no significant difference in efficacy by age at the start of treatment, sex, or disease duration for either disease. There was also no large difference in safety by patient backgrounds described above. In addition, the proportion of patients who developed adverse events did not differ greatly by applied dose per day. There was also no tendency for the proportion of patients who developed adverse events to increase over time. These results indicate that tapinarof cream 1% is a topical drug that can be used safely for the treatment of plaque psoriasis and atopic dermatitis in many patients, irrespective of their backgrounds.