Research Article

Role of Lactium™ in Psychodermatology: The CERTAIN Trial# on Patients with Acne Vulgaris

Table 2

Total acne lesion count during visits in both groups.

Changes in acne lesion countsGroup AGroup B

Total acne lesion count
 Baseline (visit 1)20.9 ± 6.2722.6 ± 6.28
 Visit 29.78 ± 6.3712.75 ± 5.71
 Visit 35.07 ± 4.266.47 ± 4.43
 Change from visit 1 to visit 211.13 ± 5.88 ()9.88 ± 4.33 ()
 Change from visit 1 to visit 315.8 ± 6.43 ()16.1 ± 4.9 ()
Inflammatory acne lesion count
 Baseline (visit 1)5.96 ± 2.56.95 ± 3.07
 Visit 21.56 ± 1.772.48 ± 2.61
 Visit 30.45 ± 0.840.8 ± 1.81
 Change from visit 1 to visit 24.4 ± 1.81 ()4.47 ± 2.11 ()
 Change from visit 1 to visit 35.51 ± 2.46 ()6.15 ± 3.42 ()
Noninflammatory acne lesion count
 Baseline (visit 1)14.98 ± 4.9715.73 ± 4.49
 Visit 28.22 ± 5.2610.28 ± 4.43
 Visit 34.47 ± 3.795.38 ± 4.15
 Change from visit 1 to visit 26.76 ± 5.49 ()5.45 ± 3.33 ()
 Change from visit 1 to visit 310.5 ± 5.62 ()10.3 ± 4.56 ()

The -value was calculated using an independent t-test.