Low Potency
Alclometasone dipropionate Desonide Fluocinolone acetonide VII.
Elsewhere, Glenmark Generics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenmark Pharma, received marketing clearance for its
Alclometasone Dipropionate cream.
Currently, only two medium- and low-potency topical therapies are approved for short-term use in pediatric psoriasis: mometasone furoate and
alclometasone dipropionate.
Overall, those who received tacrolimus ointment had significantly fewer relapse days (47) than those who received a control ointment containing
alclometasone (76 days).
Overall, the patients who received tacrolimus ointment had significantly fewer relapse days (47) than those who received a control ointment containing
alclometasone (76 days).
It has clearance for
alclometasone dipropionate cream USP, 0.05%.
Alclometasone 0.05% cream/ointment is approved for patients as young as 1 year old.
Alclometasone Taro Pharmaceuticals Aclovate ointment
The children were randomized to 4 days of tacrolimus ointment 0.03% twice a day or
alclometasone ointment 0.05% twice a day followed by open-label tacrolimus 0.03 %--the FDA-approved pediatric concentration--for the balance of the 16 weeks.