Rachel H Haines, Kim S Thomas, Alan A Montgomery, Jane C Ravenscroft, Perways Akram, Joanne R Chalmers, Diane Whitham, Lelia Duley, Viktoria Eleftheriadou, Garry Meakin, Eleanor J Mitchell, Jennifer White, Andy Rogers, Tracey Sach, Miriam Santer, Wei Tan, Trish Hepburn, Hywel C Williams, Jonathan Batchelor
INTRODUCTION: Vitiligo is a condition resulting in white patches on the skin. People with vitiligo can suffer from low self-esteem, psychological disturbance and diminished quality of life. Vitiligo is often poorly managed, partly due to lack of high-quality evidence to inform clinical care. We describe here a large, independent, randomised controlled trial (RCT) assessing the comparative effectiveness of potent topical corticosteroid, home-based hand-held narrowband ultraviolet B-light (NB-UVB) or combination of the two, for the management of vitiligo...
April 3, 2018: BMJ Open