Five-year efficacy of finasteride in 801 Japanese men with androgenetic alopecia

Finasteride is standard medical treatment for androgenetic alopecia; however, no large studies with 5 years or more of follow up have been performed in Japan. The authors followed Japanese men with androgenetic alopecia treated with finasteride for 5 years to evaluate long‐term treatment efficacy. O...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of dermatology 2015-07, Vol.42 (7), p.735-738
Hauptverfasser: Yoshitake, Toshihiro, Takeda, Akira, Ohki, Kensaku, Inoue, Yuko, Yamawaki, Takanori, Otsuka, Saori, Akimoto, Minekatsu, Nemoto, Mitsuru, Shimakura, Yasuhito, Sato, Akio
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Zusammenfassung:Finasteride is standard medical treatment for androgenetic alopecia; however, no large studies with 5 years or more of follow up have been performed in Japan. The authors followed Japanese men with androgenetic alopecia treated with finasteride for 5 years to evaluate long‐term treatment efficacy. Of 903 men treated with finasteride (1 mg/day), 801 patients were evaluated over 5 years by modified global photographic assessment. Although the proportion of improvement was high (99.4%), modified global photographic assessment scores after 5 years of treatment were lower in patients with more advanced disease as measured by the modified Norwood–Hamilton scale. After separating patients into “sufficient” and “insufficient” efficacy groups according to the modified global photographic assessment score after 5 years (scores ≥6 and
ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/1346-8138.12890