UVB 308-nm excimer light and bath PUVA: Combination therapy is very effective in the treatment of prurigo nodularis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 799-803

  Hammes, S ^a   Hermann, J ^b   Roos, S ^b   Ockenfels, H M ^b  

^a LASERKLINIK KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Hanau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer; Prurigo nodularis; PUVA; UVB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURIGO; PRURIGO NODULARIS; PRURITUS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURIGO; PUVA THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79959839585     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03865.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Vaidya DC, Schwartz RA. Prurigo nodularis: a benign dermatosis derived from a persistent pruritus. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2008; 16: 38-44. (Pubitemid 351738201)
2. Rowland Payne CME, Wilkinson JD, McKee PH, Jurecka W, Black MM. Nodular prurigo - a clinicopathological study of 46 patients. Br J Dermatol 1985; 113: 431-439. (Pubitemid 16217390)
3. Tanaka M, Aiba S, Matsumura N, Aoyama H, Tagami H. Prurigo nodularis consists of two distinct forms: early-onset atopic and late-onset non-atopic. Dermatology 1995; 190: 269-276.
4. Wallengren J. Prurigo: diagnosis and management. Am J Clin Dermatol 2004; 5: 85-95. (Pubitemid 38626391)
5. Ferrándiz C, Carrascosa JM, Just M, Bielsa I, Ribera M. Sequential combined therapy with thalidomide and narrow-band (TL01) UVB in the treatment of prurigo nodularis. Dermatology 1997; 195: 359-361. (Pubitemid 28017813)
6. Lee MR, Shumack S. Prurigo nodularis: a review. Australasian J Dermatol 2005; 46: 211-220. (Pubitemid 43942705)
7. Rombold S, Lobisch K, Katzer K, Grazziotin TC, Ring J, Eberlein B. Efficacy of UVA1 phototherapy in 230 patients with various skin diseases. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 2008; 24: 19-23.
8. Wollenschläger I, Hermann J, Ockenfels HM. Targeted UVB-308 nm (NUVB) therapy with excimer laser in the treatment of atopic dermatitis and other inflammatory dermatoses. Hautarzt 2009; 60: 898-906.
9. Gambichler T, Hyun J, Sommer A, Stücker M, Altmeyer P, Kreuter A. A randomised controlled trial on photo(chemo)therapy of subacute prurigo. Clin Exp Dermatol 2006; 31: 348-353.
10. Wallengren J, Sundler F. Phototherapy reduces the number of epidermal and CGRP-positive dermal nerve fibres. Acta Derm Venereol 2004; 84: 111-115. (Pubitemid 38523744)
11. Tamagawa-Mineoka R, Katoh N, Ueda E, Kishimoto S. Narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy in patients with recalcitrant nodular prurigo. J Dermatol 2007; 34: 691-695. (Pubitemid 47508632)
12. Nisticò SP, Saraceno R, Schipani C, Costanzo A, Chimenti S. Different applications of monochromatic excimer light in skin diseases. Photomed Laser Surg 2009; 27: 647-654.
13. Saraceno R, Nisticò SP, Capriotti E, de Felice C, Rhodes L, Chimenti S. Monochromatic excimer light (308 nm) in the treatment of prurigo nodularis. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 2008; 24: 43-45.
14. Gerber W, Arheilger B, Ha TA, Hermann J, Ockenfels HM. Ultraviolet B 308-nm excimer laser treatment of psoriasis: a new phototherapeutic approach. Br J Dermatol 2003; 149: 1250-1258. (Pubitemid 38058102)
15. Trott J, Gerber W, Hammes S, Ockenfels HM. The effectiveness of PUVA treatment in severe psoriasis is significantly increased by additional UV 308-nm excimer laser sessions. Eur J Dermatol 2007; 18: 55-60. (Pubitemid 351158173)
16. Freitag M, von Kobyletzki G, Pieck C, Altmeyer P. Balneologic photochemotherapy of prurigo simplex subacuta. Hautarzt 1999; 50: 344-349. (Pubitemid 29262287)
17. Nast A, Kopp I, Augustin M et al. German evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris (short version). Arch Dermatol Res 2007; 299: 111-138. (Pubitemid 46835379)
18. Clark AR, Jorizzo JL, Fleischer AB. Papular dermatitis (subacute prurigo, "itchy red bump" disease): pilot study of phototherapy. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998; 38: 929-933. (Pubitemid 28299184)
19. Dawe RS. Ultraviolet A1 phototherapy. Br J Dermatol 2003; 148: 626-637. (Pubitemid 36629739)
20. Streit V, Thiede R, Wiedow O et al. Foil bath PUVA in the treatment of prurigo simplex subacuta. Acta Derm Venereol 1996; 76: 319-320. (Pubitemid 26247006)
21. Bianchi B, Campolmi P, Mavilia L et al. Monochromatic excimer light (308 nm): an immunohistochemical study of cutaneous T cells and apoptosis-related molecules in psoriasis. JEADV 2003; 17: 408-413. (Pubitemid 36869303)
22. Danno K, Toda K, Horio T. Ultraviolet-B radiation suppresses mast cell degranulation induced by compound 48/80. J Invest Dermatol 1986; 87: 775-778. (Pubitemid 17186421)
23. Schwarz A, Schwarz T. UVR-induced regulatory T cells switch antigen-presenting cells from a stimulatory to al regulatory phenotype. J Invest Dermatol 2010; 130: 1914-1921.
24. Schwarz A, Beissert S, Grosse-Heitmeyer K et al. Evidence for functional relevance of CTLA-4 in ultraviolet-radiation-induced tolerance. J Immunol 2000; 165: 1824-1831. (Pubitemid 30643132)
25. Pathirana D, Ormerod AD, Saiag P et al. European S3-guidelines on the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2009; 2: 1-70.
26. Patel RV, Clark LN, Lebwohl M, Weinberg JM. Treatment for psoriasis and the risk of malignancy. J Am Acad Dermatol 2009; 60: 1001-1017.
27. Hearn RM, Kerr AC, Rahim KF, Ferguson J, Dawe RS. Incidence of skin cancers in 3867 patients treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy. Br J Dermatol 2008; 159: 931-935.
28. Beani JC, Jeanmougin M. Narrow-band UVB therapy in psoriasis vulgaris: good practice guideline and recommendations of the French Society of Photodermatology. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2010; 137: 21-31.