Treatment of vitiligo by topical calcipotriol

Objective Evaluation of the efficiency of topical calcipotriol monotherapy in vitiligo. Materials and methods This was a prospective, right/left comparative, open study at the Dermatology Department at the University Hospital in Nice, France. Twenty-four patients with localized or generalized vitiligo with symmetrical lesions were included. The main outcome measure was the evaluation of the percentage of repigmentation in treated target lesions and untreated control lesions for each patient. Results and conclusions Topical calcipotriol in monotherapy is not an effective treatment of vitiligo.