Intermittent topical treatment of psoriasis with clobetasol propionate ("Dermovate").

In an open multi-centre trial, 316 psoriasis patients were treated with clobetasol propionate intermittently over a 14-day period. The treatment gave rapid clinical healing of the psoriasis infiltration in 62% of the patients. A total of 132 of these patients was subsequently put on maintenance treatment with two applications per week. This regimen kept the disease in remission throughout the observation period, which exceeded 4 months on average, in 75% of the patients. Only 5 patients experienced side-effects.