This review combined 36 randomized trials with 2,706 people to test anti-inflammatory creams. Topical steroids cleared symptoms better than a dummy treatment in the short term and worked about as well as antifungal azoles. Steroid-free calcineurin inhibitors and lithium salts also helped. Steroids caused fewer side effects than calcineurin inhibitors. Trials were short, so long-term safety is still unclear.