A new treatment for tinea versicolor using econazole nitrate 1.0 percent cream once a day.

Econazole nitrate 1.0 percent cream was compared with placebo for safety and efficacy in the treatment of 126 patients with tinea versicolor. Overall results showed that 97 percent of the patients who were treated with econazole nitrate 1.0 percent cream once a day achieved excellent or partial responses, while 62 percent of those patients applying the placebo cream attained similar responses. This difference is statistically significant (p = 0.001). The study results show that econazole nitrate cream is a valuable drug for the treatment of tinea versicolor.