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Introduction: Acne vulgaris (AV) is a chronic inflammatory of the pilosebaceous unit. Topical retinoid is a mainstay of mild AV first-line treatment.


Aim of study: To assess the efficacy of topical retinoid for the treatment of mild AV.


Method: The randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted from June to September 2019 at Dr. Mohammad Hoesin General Hospital Palembang. A total of 70 mild AV patients who fulfilled inclusion criteria were enroled consecutively. Patients randomly treated with adapalene 0.1% cream or tretinoin 0.025% cream and evaluated every 2 weeks for 8 weeks to examine the number of AV lesion (inflammation, non-inflammation and total lesion).


Result: There are reduction in number of inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions at both groups but only inflammatory lesion was statistically significant (p <0.05). Total lesions also decrease in adapalene and retinoin group (21.66 vs 5.75, 22.21 vs 7.96, respectively) and statistically significant (p <0.05).


Conclusion: Adapalen 0.1% cream showed non-inferiority to tretinoin 0.025% cream in efficacy, especially in the reduction of non-inflammatory and total lesions.

Keywords

adapalene, tretinoin, topical retinoid, efficacy, mild acne vulgaris

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Diba, S., Sari, Z. A. L., & Thaha, M. A. (2020). Efficacy of Adapalene 0.1% Versus Tretinoin 0.025% Cream as Treatment of Mild Acne Vulgaris. Bioscientia Medicina : Journal of Biomedicine and Translational Research, 4(2), 18-25. https://doi.org/10.32539/bsm.v4i2.120