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[Wotever]

Does anyone know of anything serious in the pipeline for regulating the sebaceous gland? I am really thinking systemic treatments rather than topical. Topicals such as ASC-J9 could potentially have merit but something that acts on sebaceous glands at a systemic level (e.g. preventing them from responding to androgens) would seem like a better solution.

I am presuming that SMT D002 is dead in the water. Only other vaguely promising one I have come across is isoprenylcysteine:

IPC analogs have also been shown to modulate GPCR signaling, suggesting a potential role in regulating sebum control through inhibition of the GPCR melanocortin 5 receptor (MC5R) (critical for sebaceous gland lipogenesis)

Edited by Wotever, 08 February 2012 - 01:32 AM.

[cervantes86]

yeah i saw the ascj9 results, and they werent so impressive. like lesions counts went down avg by 45 percent. thats why they are holding another trial at a higher concentration now.

[Wotever]

Bit dubious about this, but it claims to be a 5a-reductase inhibitor and to have reduced sebum production by >50% in a trial...

http://www.dsm.com/e...-SEBUM_6203.pdf

[Theramopoloy]

Why wouldn't 5a-reductase inhibitors like Dutasteride reduce sebum, but this drug does?