Study Comparing Acne in Patients Taking Oral Minocycline to Patients Taking Minocycline Plus Topical Tretinoin
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2006-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The use of oral antibiotics alone to treat inflammatory acne provides little to no long term
therapeutic benefit.
Acne relapse rates can be reduced by using topical tretinoin 0.01% in conjunction with
minocycline, thereby increasing the therapeutic effect of the oral antibiotic.