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J Fungi (Basel). 2019 Sep; 5(3): 82.
A Week of Oral Terbinafine Pulse Regimen Every Iii Months to Treat all Dermatophyte Onychomycosis
Anarosa B. Sprenger
aneSanta Casa de Curitiba Hospital, Clinic of Diseases and Surgery of the Nail Apparatus, Department of Dermatology, Praça Rui Barbosa, 694, 80.010-030 Curitiba, Brazil
Katia Sheylla Malta Purim
2Infirmary de Clínicas de Curitiba—Universidade Federal practice Paraná (UFPR), Clinic of Dermatology, Rua Full general Carneiro, 181, 80.060-900 Curitiba, Brazil
Flávia Sprenger
3Univerdidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Rua General Carneiro, 181, 80.060-900 Curitiba, Brazil
Flávio Queiroz-Telles
ivHospital de Clínicas de Curitiba—Paraná Federal University (UFPR), Section of Public Health, Rua General Carneiro, 181, 80.060-900 Curitiba, Brazil
Received 2019 Aug 21; Accustomed 2019 Sep 3.
Abstruse
Terbinafine has proved to treat numerous fungal infections, including onychomycosis, successfully. Due to its liver metabolization and dependency on the cytochrome P450 enzyme circuitous, undesirable drug interaction are highly probable. Additionally to drug interactions, the treatment is long, rising the chances of the appearance of side furnishings and abandonment. Pharmacokinetic data advise that terbinafine maintains a fungicidal effect within the nail upwardly to 30 weeks after its last administration, which has aroused the possibility of a pulse therapy to reduce the side furnishings while treating onychomycosis. This study's goal was to evaluate the effectiveness of three different oral terbinafine regimens in treating onychomycosis due to dermatophytes. Threescore-three patients with onychomycosis were sorted by convenience in 3 different groups. Patients from group ane received the conventional terbinafine dose (250 mg per day for 3 months). Group 2 received a monthly calendar week-long pulse-therapy dose (500 mg per day for vii days a calendar month, for 4 months) and group 3 received a 500 mg/day dose for 7 days every three months, totaling four treatments. There were no statistical differences regarding the effectiveness or side effects between the groups. Conclusion: A quarterly terbinafine pulse regimen can be a possible alternative for treating onychomycosis caused by dermatophytes.
Keywords: assistants, allylamines/terbinafine, Arthrodermataceae/drug effects, drug compounding, humans, onychomycosis, oral, antifungal agents/administration, dosage/agin effects/pharmacology
1. Introduction
Onychomycosis due to dermatophytes, yeasts, and not-dermatophyte molds comprises 50% of all cases of nail disease [1]. Known individual risk factors for its development are blast trauma, age, smoking, immunosuppression, obesity, psoriasis, and other causes of onychodystrophy, peripheral arterial illness, and diabetes mellitus [2,3,4,5,6]. Male patients have been reported to accept more severe and chronic onychomycosis [vii].
The susceptibility to onychomycosis is inherited and it is often observed among family members. Some studies revealed the being of polymorphisms in genes of the major histocompatibility complex related to higher susceptibility to onychomycosis from dermatophytes, peculiarly haplotypes HLA-DR8 and HLA-DR1 [viii,nine,ten,11]
The estimated global prevalence of onychomycosis is 5.v% [12]. More than lx% of these infections are caused by dermatophytes, mainly Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum, and Microsporum spp. The remaining infections tin be due non-dermatophyte molds, predominantly Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Aspergillus spp., Acremonium, Fusarium sp.p, Alternaria alternata, and Neoscytalidium spp., or to yeasts, such as Candida albicans [13].
Trauma caused past shoes produces toenail changes, especially in people with orthopedic changes that cause faulty poor adaptation of the feet in shoes, that are identical to some onychomycosis at the time of clinical presentation [xiv]. Almost toenails abnormalities are, in fact, due to the pressure exerted by shoes and not by fungi. It has already been observed that the presence of non-dermatophyte molds in a dystrophic blast could be considered a secondary niche of colonization in a nail previously damaged by trauma, rather than onychomycosis [15].
Aside from the high prevalence, onychomycosis has therapeutic challenges. The available therapeutic armory is not vast, and there are loftier rates of resistance and recurrence, making it a noteworthy public health event [16,17].
Topical and oral antifungals are the handling options for onychomycosis. Topical therapy is used in children and adults with mild to moderate onychomycosis or for single affected digits. Ciclopirox and amorolfine are the most used topical agents, and recently, tavaborole and efinaconazole have been introduced in North America [18,nineteen,20].
FDA-approved oral treatment for onychomycosis includes terbinafine and itraconazole, and fluconazole is used off-label. Due to fewer collateral effects and college cure rates, terbinafine is usually preferred over itraconazole [21]. The standard dosage is 250 mg per day for six weeks for fingernails or 12 weeks for toenails. [22]. Some pharmacokinetic studies accept shown that terbinafine tin be detected in the nail plate in concentrations in a higher place the minimal inhibitory concentrations for dermatophytes and other fungi 36 weeks post-handling [23,24,25]. Pulse regimens have been proposed to reduce the side effects and risks of interaction with other medication. Most studies have shown a superior efficacy of terbinafine compared to itraconazole pulse regimens and similar efficacy compared to a conventional terbinafine dose [26,27].
The standard dose for a terbinafine pulse regimen is 500 mg per day for 7 days a calendar month, twice or iii times for fingernails and iii to four times for toenails [28].
Zaias and Rebell [29] have described considerable terbinafine efficacy utilizing a quarterly pulse therapy regimen for the treatment of distal subungual onychomycosis (DSO) caused by T. rubrum.
Nosotros performed an open non-randomized study in which standard terbinafine regimens were compared with a pulse terbinafine regimen of 500 mg/day for vii days every 3 months to treat onychomycosis caused past dermatophytes.
2. Materials and Methods
ii.1. Patients
In total, we included 63 patients (34 women, 29 men) aged between 24 and 70 years who had visited the Dermatology Outpatient's Clinic at Santa Casa de Curitiba Hospital between August 2013 and July 2016. Those aged xviii years or older and diagnosed with dermatophyte onychomycosis based on clinical manifestations and confirmed using mycological culture were eligible to participate. Patients with less than 25% of the nail affected by the disease, liver or kidney impairment, meaning or lactating were excluded. All participants signed an informed consent term.
Ii measurements were taken of infected nails before, during the appointments, and at the end of each group treatment. The first one was the length of the nail plate from the complimentary edge to the proximal blast fold, and the second one was the length of the visible fungal-infected portion. The percentage of the compromised nail was then calculated.
Data apropos historic period, sex activity, occupation, sport activities, comorbidities, and concomitant use of medications were recorded. Patients were divided into three groups, according to their order of attendance.
In Grouping 1, 20 patients received continuous 250 mg terbinafine for three months. In Group 2, 21 patients received a terbinafine 500 mg monthly pulse regimen, for 4 months. In Group 3, 22 patients received terbinafine 500 mg/day for 7 days, every 3 months and completed four pulse regimens.
Patients of Group 1 were asked to attend the hospital monthly. Patients of Group 2 had appointments every two months. Patients of Group 3 attended the hospital every 3 months. During the appointments, all patients were examined, questioned apropos any possible side furnishings, and received a new supply of terbinafine containing 28 tablets.
Mycological cultures were provided for all patients who completed the study.
2.2. Evaluation of Therapeutic Response
The degrees of comeback were classified as follows: total cure (TC), clinical disease-gratis blast and a negative mycological culture; mycological cure (MC), <25% of nail impairment and a negative mycological civilisation; clinical improvement (CI), <25% of nail impairment and a positive mycological culture; therapeutic failure (TF), unchanged clinical examination or worsening and a positive mycological civilization.
2.3. Statistical Methodology
For the quantitative variables, a comparison between treatments was undertaken using a Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric exam, suitable for the assay of independent samples and variables with interval measurements without normal distribution [30]. For the group comparisons, in relation to the categorical variables, a non-parametric chi-square test was applied. In all tests, a p value of five% was considered statistically pregnant.
2.4. Demographic Characteristics
Table 1 shows the patients' demographic characteristics. A possible occupational human relationship refers to occupations that may lead to greater exposure to fungi on the feet or hands, such every bit those requiring the use of safety shoes and those in which patients had been exposed to humidity, heat, or trauma. Sport activities were also considered, every bit trauma is a relevant factor in the speed of growth of a nail plate and, therefore, in the recovery of infected nails. Gender, age, previous treatments, which are also relevant factors in a treatment response, were evaluated, as was the concomitant utilise of other medications that can interact with terbinafine [31].
Table ane
Demographic characteristics (n = 63).
| Demographic Characteristics | Group 1 | Group 2 | Grouping 3 | Full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Historic period | ||||
| Average | 47 | 48 | 48.27 | 47.78 |
| n | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
| Minimum | 26 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
| Maximum | 67 | lxx | 70 | 70 |
| 2. Sex | ||||
| Female (%) | 12 (60.00%) | 12 (57.14%) | ten (45.45%) | 34 |
| Male (%) | 8 (xl.00%) | nine (42.86%) | 12 (54.55%) | 29 |
| Total | xx | 21 | 22 | 63 |
| 3. Occupation (%) | ||||
| Possible occupational relationship | 6 (thirty.00%) | 9 (42.86%) | v (22.73%) | 20 |
| No possible occupational relationship | 14 (70.00%) | 12 (57.14%) | 17 (77.72%) | 43 |
| Total | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
| iv. Previous Treatment | ||||
| No (%) | 18 (ninety.00%) | 19 (xc.48%) | 22 (100%) | 59 |
| Yes (%) | ii (x.00%) | two (9.52%) | 0 (0.00%) | 4 |
| Total | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
| 5. Sports Activities (%) | ||||
| None (%) | nine (45.00%) | 17 (80.95%) | 17 (77.27%) | 43 |
| Effect on the feet (%) | 2 (10.00%) | 2 (9.52%) | 0 (0.00%) | four |
| No outcome on the feet (%) | ix (45.00%) | 2 (9.52%) | 5 (22.73%) | 16 |
| Total | xx | 21 | 22 | 63 |
| half dozen. Utilise of Medicines | ||||
| No interaction (%) | 14 (seventy.00%) | xix (90.48%) | eighteen (81.82%) | 51 |
| Antidepressants (%) | iv (20.00%) | 1 (4.76%) | i (iv.55%) | 6 |
| Beta-blockers (%) | 1 (v.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ane (4.55%) | 2 |
| Immunosuppressants (%) | 1 (5.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 |
| >i Possible interaction (%) | 0 (0.00%) | one (4.76%) | two (ix.09%) | 3 |
| Total | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
| 7. Comorbidities | ||||
| None (%) | 13 (65.00%) | xv (71.43%) | 16 (72.73%) | 44 |
| Diabetes (%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (four.55%) | 1 |
| Obesity (%) | 1 (v.00%) | 1 (4.76%) | ane (4.55%) | iii |
| Hypothyroidism (%) | 2 (ten.00%) | 1 (iv.76%) | 0 (0.00%) | 3 |
| Low (%) | two (10.00%) | 3 (14.29%) | 1 (4.55%) | vi |
| Immunodeficiency (%) | 1 (5.00%) | 1 (4.76%) | 1 (4.55%) | iii |
| >one Comorbidities (%) | one (5.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (ix.09%) | 3 |
| Total | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
The isolated fungi in the mycological cultures were Trichophyton sp, T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, and Microsporum gypseum (Table two).
Table two
Isolated fungi (n = 63).
| Mucus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trichophyton sp (n, %) | xv (75.00%) | 13 (61.90%) | 12 (54.55%) | 40 |
| Trichophyton mentagrophytes (n, %) | ii (ten.00%) | 4 (19.05%) | v (22.73%) | 11 |
| Trichophyton rubrum (n, %) | 3 (15.00%) | 4 (19.05%) | 4 (xviii.xviii%) | 11 |
| Microsporum gypseum (n, %) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (4.55%) | i |
| Total | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
The hallux was the most affected nail (northward = 43) in all three groups, followed by the 4th, 5th, and 3rd toenail and the thumbnail (due north = xx). There was no pregnant departure among the groups regarding the distribution of affected fingers or toenails (Effigy 1).
Toenails and fingernails affected (n = 63). Blast disease distribution according to groups earlier the treatment.
According to the clinical classification proposed past Baran and Hay [32], most patients were identified with a distal lateral subungual onychomycosis (DLSO) with subungual onycholysis (north = 35), followed past DLSO with subungual hypertrophy (northward = 25), total dystrophic onychomycosis (TDO) (n = 7), proximal subungual onychomycosis (PSO) (n = iii), and superficial onychomycosis (And then) with deep invasion (n = 1). 9 patients had more than one nail type of onychomycosis in different nails; therefore, for the clinical nomenclature, the sample included 71 affected nails (Figure 2).
Clinical classification co-ordinate to groups (n = 71). Clinical nomenclature according to groups before the treatment. DLSO + subungual hypertrophy: distal lateral subungual onychomycosis with subungual hypertrophy; DLSO + Onycholysis: distal lateral subungual onychomycosis with onycholysis; And then + Deep Invasion: superficial onychomycosis with deep invasion; PSO: proximal subungual onychomycosis; TDO: total dystrophic onychomycosis.
3. Results
In full, 43 patients completed the study comprising xiv, 14, and 15 patients in Groups 1, 2, and iii, respectively. Thirteen (92.86%), 10 (71.43%), and 13 (86.67%) patients from groups 1, 2, and iii, respectively, presented with TC, MC, or CI (Figure 3).
Response to terbinafine (n = 43). TF: therapeutic failure; CI: clinical improvement; MC: mycological cure; TC: total cure.
Later applying the chi-square examination, no significant departure was observed between the groups (p = 0.280) concerning the response to terbinafine. Withal, among the patients who finished the study, the bulk (83.72%, p = 0.001) showed at to the lowest degree one degree of improvement (TC, MC, or CI).
3.one. Relationship betwixt Treatment Results, Affected Nails, Clinical Classification, Presence of Comorbidities, Use of Medications, and Isolated Fungi
Table 3 shows clinical and microbiological information, such as handling results, affected nails, clinical classification, presence of comorbidities, use of medications, and isolated fungi for all participants that finished the study.
Tabular array three
Treatment results, affected nails, clinical classification, comorbidities, utilise of medications, and isolated fungi. TC: full cure, MC: mycological cure, CI: clinical improvement, TF: therapeutic failure.
| Result | Fingernails/Toenails | Clinical Calssification | Comorbidities | Medications | Isolated Fungi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TC | Right hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Correct hallux | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Correct hallux + 4rth left toenail | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Halluces | DLSO + hypertrophy | depression | antidepressant | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Right hallux | DLSO + hypertrophy | depression | antidepressant | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. rubrum |
| TC | Correct hallux | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
| TC | Left hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | hypothyroidism | 0 | T. rubrum |
| MC | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | obesity + low | antidepressant | Trichophyton sp |
| MC | Right hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
| MC | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| CI | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| CI | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton rubrum |
| TF | Correct hallux | DLSO + hypertrophy | hypothyroidism | 0 | T. rubrum |
| TC | Correct hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | depression | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
| TC | Right hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | hypothyroidism | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | 4rth Right fingernail | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Halluces | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. rubrum |
| TC | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | depression | antidepressant | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Left hallux | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Right hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | HIV | antiretrovirals | Trichophyton sp |
| MC | Left hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| CI | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
| TF | Right hallux + 2d left toenail | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. rubrum |
| TF | Halluces | PSO + And so | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TF | Halluces | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
| TF | Halluces | DLSO + hypertrophy + DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Right hallux + third left toenail | DLSO + hypertrophy | depression | antidepressant | T. mentagrophytes |
| TC | 2nd right + 3rd left toenails | TDO | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Correct hallux | TDO | obesity | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Right hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | 2nd right toenail | DLSO + onycholysis + TDO | obesity + depression | antidepressant | T. rubrum |
| TC | Left hallux | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Left hallux | DLSO + onycholysis + TDO | diabetes | o | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Correct hallux | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. rubrum |
| TC | 2d right + 2nd left toenails | TDO | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TC | 2nd right toenail | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton mentagrophytes |
| CI | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| CI | third right + 3rd left toenail | DLSO + hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
| TF | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | Trichophyton sp |
| TF | Halluces | DLSO + onycholysis | 0 | 0 | T. mentagrophytes |
3.2. Dropouts and Side Furnishings
Twenty patients did not complete the study, v (7.93%) of them because of side effects. The other 15 (23.90%) patients dropped out for personal reasons.
The most observed side effects were gastralgia (Grouping 2, n = four, Group 3, n = one) and cutaneous rash (Group 1, n = i). None of these patients had comorbidities or used medications that could interact with terbinafine. (Table four).
Table 4
Dropouts and side effects.
| Side Effects/Dropout | Grouping 1 | Grouping 2 | Group three | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | xiv (70.00%) | fourteen (66.67%) | 15 (68.xviii%) | 43 |
| Gastralgia | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (14.28%) | i (iv.55%) | 4 |
| Cutaneous rash | 1 (five.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 |
| Did not complete (personal reasons) | five (25.00%) | four (19.05%) | 6 (27.27%) | xv |
| Total | 20 | 21 | 22 | 63 |
iv. Word
Since its introduction, terbinafine has been considered more effective than other antifungals bachelor to care for dermatophytosis [33,34,35,36].
Undesirable side effects have been associated with terbinafine use, especially during a long treatment catamenia, including gastrointestinal side effects, cutaneous rash, headache, myalgia, and, rarely, hepatotoxicity, drug-induced lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, Stevens–Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, alopecia, and psoriasis [37,38,39,40].
Terbinafine is metabolized in part by the cytochrome P450 isoenzymes, especially CYP2D6, which explains the lower rates of drug interactions in comparison with other anti-fungal agents [41,42]. Terbinafine is contraindicated in patients with allergy to terbinafine or in patients with liver dysfunction and it may be used with circumspection with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, C1 antiarrhythmics, and monoaminoxidase inhibitors [43,44]. 7 patients that completed this written report used antidepressants, six of them presented with TC, and ane with MC.
Some studies have shown terbinafine presence in nails in concentrations above the minimal inhibitory concentrations of 0.0015–0.01 mg/ml for dermatophytes and 0.06–0.025 mg/ml for other fungi, due east.thou., Aspergillus species, for more than than 36 weeks post-handling and high plasmatic levels 12 weeks after the starting time of treatment [sixteen,20,25,33,45]. The utilise of terbinafine for onychomycosis has been compared with that of other anti-fungal agents, peculiarly itraconazole, or fifty-fifty with terbinafine itself in different types of regimens associated or not with a topical treatment. Most studies take focused on the administration of terbinafine doses betwixt 250 and 500 mg per mean solar day for three or 4 months or on intermittent therapy involving 4 weeks of terbinafine followed past a 4-week period off terbinafine, and so boosted iv weeks of terbinafine treatment [46,47].
This study aimed to make up one's mind whether a longer drug interval menses could upshot in effectiveness rates similar to or higher than those described for other regimens (of approximately 57%) in previous studies [48,49] and also if the proposed regimen tin exist more than economical. The demographic variables in our study were similar to those in other terbinafine comparative studies [7,28,l]. The iii groups showed similar TC, MC, and CI rates.
Compared to the Zaias and Rebell's written report [29], which described efficacy using a 250 mg quarterly terbinafine regimen pulse for onychomycosis caused by T. rubrum, in our written report, 2 patients of Group three (13.33%) had TC and one patient (6.66%) had clinical comeback of onychomycosis caused by T. mentagrophytes. Nosotros opted for the 500 mg quarterly dose in order to compare the efficacy with that of the standard 500 mg monthly dose used in most of the published studies based on pulse regimens. In addition, this is the terbinafine dose of pulse regimen utilized in Brazil. Further studies with a more significant number of participants are necessary to compare the effectiveness of the trimester schemes of oral terbinafine in the handling of all types of dermatophyte onychomycosis.
Treatment outcomes for onychomycosis can too vary according to age, clinical presentation, comorbidities, and the employ of medications that may interact with antifungal treatments [32,51,52]. DLSO with hypertrophy with or without dermatophytoma, PSO, and TDO can be more than resistant to treatment. SO may be hard to treat if associated with immunodeficiency [53,54]. This study did non reveal significant differences between the outcomes and the clinical presentation, the presence of comorbidities, or the concomitant use of medications, probably because of the limited number of participants.
The disproportionate gait blast unit syndrome (AGNUS), firstly described past Zaias et al. in 2012, is caused by repetitive toe trauma in a closed shoe in patients with disproportionate walking due to orthopedic abnormalities. The resulting nail changes can undoubtedly be clinically identical to onychomycosis [55]. In our study, the possible orthopedic abnormalities were not evaluated, but cultures were performed before and after the treatment, confirming that all participants had onychomycosis. In future onychomycosis studies, the evaluation of the concomitant presence of AGNUS can be useful, since it can change the clinical classification and the cure criteria.
As life expectancy is increasing globally, it is common for patients with onychomycosis to nowadays with comorbidities and take more than one long-term medication [36,56,57,58,59]. As the speed of nail growth decreases with age, terbinafine is a adept treatment option considering information technology can enhance the speed of growth in the blast plate; therefore, the portion of compromised nail plate grows faster to the costless border and can be eliminated through cutting [58,60,61]. All groups in this study comprised some patients with comorbidities. The well-nigh common were depression (northward = vii), obesity (n = 5), hypothyroidism (n = 3), diabetes (n = i), and HIV active infection (due north = 1). Only one patient with a comorbidity, who had hypothyroidism, presented with TF.
The pulse regimen therapy (groups 2 and three) had the lowest cost of handling. Group 1 used a total of 84 tablets, while groups 2 and three used 56 tablets each. The quarterly pulse regimen had the same toll compared to the conventional terbinafine pulse regimen but might exist more financially highly-seasoned since patients are required to purchase a 2d terbinafine supply just half-dozen months later the start of treatment [48,62,63].
The long drug residue interval may compromise adherence to treatment due to patients forgetting the quarterly dose, which is an consequence that can be addressed through counseling patients, family unit members responsible for them, or, eventually, caregivers of elderly persons using a simple reminder message recorded on their cell phone [64].
v. Conclusions
Despite the limited sample, a pulse therapy regimen using terbinafine 500 mg per twenty-four hours for a week every three months was institute to exist a potentially useful alternative in the treatment of onychomycosis by dermatophytes. Further studies involving a more than significant number of patients are necessary to confirm the effectiveness of this treatment regimen.
Acknowledgments
We sincerely thank Nardo Zaias for kindly providing essential references and suggestions for the preparation of this manuscript.
Abbreviations
| CI | clinical improvement |
| DLSO | distal lateral subungual onychomycosis |
| MC | mycological cure |
| SO | superficial onychomycosis |
| TC | total cure |
| TDO | full dystrophic onychomycosis |
| TF | therapeutic failure |
| AGNUS | asymmetric gait nail unit syndrome |
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Resources: A.B.S.; Information Curation, Original Draft Preparation and Writing: A.B.Due south. and F.S.; Writing, Review & Editing: A.B.S., K.Due south.Grand.P., F.Due south., and F.Q.-T.; Supervision: K.South.M.P. and Flavio de F.Q.-T.
Funding
The Terbinafine used in this written report was donated by Cristália Pharmaceutical Chemical Ltd. This company had no part in the pattern, execution, interpretation, or writing of the study.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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