Ron Trachy Announces Tricomin Hairloss Results

trachy.jpg (33212 bytes)Ron Trachy of ProCyte delivered information regarding Tricomin.   Ron went over a more complete explanation of their Phase II study results including hair counts, a comparison with Minoxidil, patient self evaluation, and example photographs.

Dr. Trachy discussed the results of ProCyte's US Phase II study results on Tricomin (PC1358) on 36 subjects.  The following data was presented.

Comparison of Minoxidil 2%/3% with Tricomin 2.5%
  Treatment Vehicle/Placebo
Minoxidil 2%
Nonvellus hair count (manual) at 4 months		 +71-76 hairs +31 hairs
Tricomin 2.5%
"Total" hair count (imaging) at 3 months		 +97 hairs -51 hairs

 

Hair Counts
  12 Weeks 24 Weeks
Vehicle -2.5% -5.7%
1.25% Tricomin +1.4% -1.0%
2.5% Tricomin +13.7% +11.3%

 

Patient Self Evaluation
    Week 12 Week 24
Vehicle Improved 25% 17%
  Same 42% 42%
  Worse 33% 42%
1.25% Tricomin Improved 17% 0%
  Same 67% 92%
  Worse 17% 8%
2.5% Tricomin Improved 17% 20%
  Same 67% 70%
  Worse 17% 10%

Hair Count Image
[ Example of photos taken for hair counts ]

Before Vehicle Hair Count Image
[ Patient before & after using the vehicle/placebo - No improvement ]

Before 1 After 1
[ Above & Below - Patients Using Tricomin 2.5% showing good results ]
Before 2 After 2

Before 3 After 3
[ Above - Patient on Tricomin 2.5% showing no improvement ]

According to Dr. Trachy, "We certainly are not considering this a primary therapy for hairloss.   We're not looking at it as a competition to propecia or to future drugs by Glaxo.   But we're looking at is an adjunct, as a nutritive factor that can help to improve the actual hair growth environment."   ProCyte hasn't announced a firm date to release the product, but they are expecting to release Tricomin as this year.  They will release several products, including a shampoo, a conditioner, a conditioning shampoo, a scalp conditioning gel, and a nutritional spray.

While it doesn't look like Tricomin is the second coming for those of us looking to grow hair, it definitely looks like the results are as good or better as regular Minoxidil, and maybe it will work synergistically with Minoxidil and Propecia.  We'll probably have to wait and see. 

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