The effect of maintenance narrow‐band ultraviolet B therapy on the duration of remission for psoriasis: a prospective randomized clinical trial

Abstract

The results provide some evidence that maintenance narrow-band UVB may achieve longer remission durations for patients with plaque-type psoriasis.

Phototherapy with Narrow-Band UVB in Adult Guttate Psoriasis: Results and Patient Assessment

“…The very good response of adult AGP to NB-UVB in our study exceeds the results obtained with biologics in psoriasis [18] and suggested that NB-UVB should be the first line of treatment of AGP according to guidelines [7][8][9] , but it also raised a number of variables to consider when AGP is evaluated together with plaquetype psoriasis. This was the reason for analyzing other data in our group of patients.…”

“…No concomitant treatment and no maintenance treatment were applied because of the good results (88% of CR in 18 months) although a recent study provides some evidence that maintenance with NB-UVB in plaque-type psoriasis may achieve a longer remission [18] . The very good response of adult AGP to NB-UVB in our study exceeds the results obtained with biologics in psoriasis [18] and suggested that NB-UVB should be the first line of treatment of AGP according to guidelines [7][8][9] , but it also raised a number of variables to consider when AGP is evaluated together with plaquetype psoriasis.…”

Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

“…Remission times were prolonged using maintenance therapy. [26][27][28] The advent of NB-UVB lamps improved the use of UVB therapy in psoriasis and is widely considered to be preferable to BB-UVB therapy. NB-UVB use was initially popularized in the United Kingdom and Europe in the mid-1980s, and became available in the United States approximately one decade later.…”

A review of phototherapy protocols for psoriasis treatment

“…13 Although some evidence suggests that maintenance NB-UVB therapy may achieve longer remission durations in patients with plaque-type psoriasis, there is no general consensus regarding the utility of long-term maintenance with NB-UVB. 43 PUVA. The implementation of UVA phototherapy plus psoralen (PUVA) dates back thousands of years to the treatment of patients with vitiligo in ancient Egypt.…”