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Clinical Pharmacology

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study, 209 otherwise healthy subjects 18 years of age and older with genital/perianal warts were treated with Aldara Cream or vehicle control times per week for a maximum of 16 weeks. The median baseline wart area was 69 mm2 (range 8 to 5525 mm2). Subject accountability is shown in the figure below.

Figure 1: Subject Accountability (External Genital Warts)


Subject Accountability (External Genital Warts) - illustration

Data on complete clearance are listed in the table below. The median time to complete wart clearance was 10 weeks.

Table 14: Complete Clearance Rates (External Genital Warts)- Study EGW1


Treatment Subjects with
Complete Clearance
of Warts
Subjects Without
Follow-up
Subjects with
Warts Remaining
at Week 16
Overall      
Aldara Cream (n =109) 54 (50%) 19 (17%) 36 (33%)
Vehicle (n =100) 11 (11%) 27 (27%) 62 (62%)
Females      
Aldara Cream (n =46) 33 (72%) 5 (11%) 8 (17%)
Vehicle (n =40) 8 (20%) 13 (33%) 19 (48%)
Males      
Aldara Cream (n =63) 21 (33%) 14 (22%) 28 (44%)
Vehicle (n =60) 3 (5%) 14 (23%) 43 (72%)
Brand Name: Aldara
Generic Name: Imiquimod
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