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Rom H, Snir Y, Schwartz N, Hodak E, Leshem YA. The association between atopic dermatitis and inflammatory bowel disease in adults: A cross-sectional study in a specialized atopic dermatitis clinic. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2023. [PMID: 38126614 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.19769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis (AD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) share genetic susceptibility loci with immune regulation functions. Atopic dermatitis was associated with IBD mostly in database studies. OBJECTIVE To assess whether AD is associated with an increased prevalence of IBD in a tertiary dermatology clinic. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional analysis using medical records of adults with verified AD followed up at an AD clinic, compared with age- and sex-matched (1:2) controls from the general dermatology clinic in the same hospital. RESULTS Overall, 9/364 (2.47%) of patients with AD had verified IBD, compared with 7/725 (0.97%) of controls (p = 0.0512). In multivariable logistic regression adjusting for age, gender and smoking, the association became significant (adjusted OR = 3.89, 95% CI: 1.28-11.85). Stratified for AD severity, only moderate-to-severe AD was associated with IBD (p = 0.035), with an adjusted OR of 4.45 (95% CI: 1.43-13.90). Mild AD was not associated with IBD, but the study was not powered for this sub-analysis. In the AD group, older age was associated with IBD (p = 0.0172). CONCLUSION This study, in a robustly verified cohort of patients, supports an association between AD, especially the moderate-to-severe forms, and IBD. A multidisciplinary approach for patients with moderate-to-severe AD should extend to consider IBD.
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- H Rom
- Department of Dermatology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Public Health University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Jacobson ME, Thomas KS, Apfelbacher CJ, Leshem YA, Williams HC, Gerbens LAA, Spuls PI, Schmitt J, Howells L, Katoh N, Simpson EL. Implementation of the HOME core outcome set for clinical trials of atopic eczema-barriers and opportunities: the HOME IX meeting report. Arch Dermatol Res 2023; 315:2617-2622. [PMID: 37432466 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-023-02647-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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The Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative established a core outcome set (COS) for atopic eczema (AE) clinical trials in 2019. This set encompasses four core outcome domains and corresponding measurement instruments: clinical signs (EASI), patient-reported symptoms (POEM and NRS 11 point for worst itch over the last 24 h), quality of life (DLQI/CDLQI/IDQoLI), and long-term control (Recap or ADCT). Following its roadmap, the HOME initiative is now focused on supporting implementation of the COS. To identify barriers and facilitators to implementation of the COS, and to guide the effort to promote COS uptake, a virtual consensus meeting was held over 2 days (September 25-26, 2021) attended by 55 participants (26 healthcare professionals, 16 methodologists, 5 patients, 4 industry representatives, and 4 students). Implementation themes were identified by a pre-meeting survey distributed to HOME members, presentations, and whole-group discussion. Participants were divided into five multi-professional small groups which ranked their top 3 most important themes, followed by whole-group discussion and anonymous consensus voting (consensus criteria: < 30% disagreement). Three most important implementation themes were identified and agreed upon: (1) awareness and stakeholder engagement, (2) universal applicability of the COS, and (3) ensuring minimum administrative burden. Working groups to address these issues are now a priority for the HOME initiative. The results from this meeting will inform the development of a HOME Implementation Roadmap in an effort to support other COS groups planning for effective implementation of their core sets.
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- M E Jacobson
- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3303 S. Bond Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Institute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Ottovon Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3303 S. Bond Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA.
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Hodak E, Sherman S, Papadavid E, Bagot M, Querfeld C, Quaglino P, Prince HM, Ortiz-Romero PL, Stadler R, Knobler R, Guenova E, Estrach T, Patsatsi A, Leshem YA, Prague-Naveh H, Berti E, Alberti-Violetti S, Cowan R, Jonak C, Nikolaou V, Mitteldorf C, Akilov O, Geskin L, Matin R, Beylot-Barry M, Vakeva L, Sanches JA, Servitje O, Weatherhead S, Wobser M, Yoo J, Bayne M, Bates A, Dunnill G, Marschalko M, Buschots AM, Wehkamp U, Evison F, Hong E, Amitay-Laish I, Stranzenbach R, Vermeer M, Willemze R, Kempf W, Cerroni L, Whittaker S, Kim YH, Scarisbrick JJ. Should we be imaging lymph nodes at initial diagnosis of early-stage mycosis fungoides? Results from the PROspective Cutaneous Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (PROCLIPI) international study. Br J Dermatol 2021; 184:524-531. [PMID: 32574377 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.19303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early-stage mycosis fungoides (MF) includes involvement of dermatopathic lymph nodes (LNs) or early lymphomatous LNs. There is a lack of unanimity among current guidelines regarding the indications for initial staging imaging in early-stage presentation of MF in the absence of enlarged palpable LNs. OBJECTIVES To investigate how often imaging is performed in patients with early-stage presentation of MF, to assess the yield of LN imaging, and to determine what disease characteristics promoted imaging. METHODS A review of clinicopathologically confirmed newly diagnosed patients with cutaneous patch/plaque (T1/T2) MF from PROspective Cutaneous Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (PROCLIPI) data. RESULTS PROCLIPI enrolled 375 patients with stage T1/T2 MF: 304 with classical MF and 71 with folliculotropic MF. Imaging was performed in 169 patients (45%): 83 with computed tomography, 18 with positron emission tomography-computed tomography and 68 with ultrasound. Only nine of these (5%) had palpable enlarged (≥ 15 mm) LNs, with an over-representation of plaques, irrespectively of the 10% body surface area cutoff that distinguishes T1 from T2. Folliculotropic MF was not more frequently imaged than classical MF. Radiologically enlarged LNs (≥ 15 mm) were detected in 30 patients (18%); only seven had clinical lymphadenopathy. On multivariate analysis, plaque presentation was the sole parameter significantly associated with radiologically enlarged LNs. Imaging of only clinically enlarged LNs upstaged 4% of patients (seven of 169) to at least IIA, whereas nonselective imaging upstaged another 14% (24 of 169). LN biopsy, performed in eight of 30 patients, identified N3 (extensive lymphomatous involvement) in two and N1 (dermatopathic changes) in six. CONCLUSIONS Physical examination was a poor determinant of LN enlargement or involvement. Presence of plaques was associated with a significant increase in identification of enlarged or involved LNs in patients with early-stage presentation of MF, which may be important when deciding who to image. Imaging increases the detection rate of stage IIA MF, and identifies rare cases of extensive lymphomatous nodes, upstaging them to advanced-stage IVA2.
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- E Hodak
- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva; affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva; affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Hospital St Louis, Paris, France
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- City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Dermatologic Clinic, University of Turin Medical School, Turin, Italy
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Medical School, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Johannes Wesling University Medical Centre, Minden, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Hospital Clinico, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva; affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva; affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- HELIOS Klinikum Hildesheim GmbH, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, PA, USA
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- University of Columbia, New York, NY, USA
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- Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Hospital Universatari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- University Hospital Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva; affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Johannes Wesling University Medical Centre, Minden, Germany
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Kempf and PFlatz, Histologische Diagnostik, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Dermatology, Research Unit Dermatopathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
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Thyssen JP, de Bruin-Weller MS, Paller AS, Leshem YA, Vestergaard C, Deleuran M, Drucker AM, Foelster-Holst R, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Eyerich K, Taieb A, Su JC, Bieber T, Cork MJ, Eichenfield LF, Guttman-Yassky E, Wollenberg A. Conjunctivitis in atopic dermatitis patients with and without dupilumab therapy - international eczema council survey and opinion. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:1224-1231. [PMID: 31056788 PMCID: PMC6619239 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Background Conjunctivitis is common in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) in general and a commonly reported adverse event in AD clinical trials with dupilumab. Objective To survey opinions and experience about conjunctivitis occurring in AD, including those during dupilumab treatment in a group of AD experts from the International Eczema Council (IEC). Methods Electronic survey and in‐person discussion of management strategies. Results Forty‐six (53.5%) IEC members from 19 countries responded to the survey. Consensus was reached for several statements regarding diagnostic workup, referral and treatment. IEC members suggest that patients with AD should (i) routinely be asked about ocular complaints or symptoms, (ii) obtain information about the potential for conjunctivitis before starting dupilumab therapy and (iii) if indicated, be treated with dupilumab despite previous or current conjunctivitis. In cases of new‐onset conjunctivitis, there was consensus that dupilumab treatment should be continued when possible, with appropriate referral to an ophthalmologist. Limitations The study relies on expert opinion from dermatologists. Responses from few dermatologists without dupilumab access were not excluded from the survey. Conclusion The IEC recommends that dermatologists address conjunctivitis in patients with AD, especially during treatment with dupilumab.
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- J P Thyssen
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark.,Copenhagen Research Group for Inflammatory Skin (CORGIS), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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- National Expertise Center of Atopic Dermatitis, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy, University Clinics of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technical University of Munich, Augsburg, Germany.,Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Augsburg, Germany.,Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos, Switzerland
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Adult and Pediatric Dermatology, CHU Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Eastern Health, Monash University, Parkville, Vic, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, MCRI, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.,Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Sheffield Dermatology Research, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Klinikum Thalkirchner Straße, München, Germany
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Leshem YA, Bissonnette R, Paul C, Silverberg JI, Irvine AD, Paller AS, Cork MJ, Guttman-Yassky E. Optimization of placebo use in clinical trials with systemic treatments for atopic dermatitis: an International Eczema Council survey-based position statement. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:807-815. [PMID: 30859656 PMCID: PMC6594032 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND As novel systemic therapeutics for patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) are developed, ethical and methodological concerns regarding placebo-controlled-trials (PCT) have surfaced. OBJECTIVE To guide the design and implementation of PCT in AD, focusing on trials with systemic medications. METHODS A subgroup of the International Eczema Council (IEC) developed a consensus e-survey, which was disseminated to IEC members. RESULTS The response rate was 43/82 (52%). Consensus was reached on 24/27 statements and on 3/11 options from multiple-selection statements, including: performing monotherapy studies in proof-of-concept phases; avoiding concomitant topical corticosteroids or calcineurin inhibitors until a predefined timepoint as rescue (borderline consensus); selection of sites and assessors with recognized expertise in AD clinical trials; clear definition and identification of baseline disease severity; minimizing time and proportion of patients on placebo; using daily emollients with several options provided; instigating open-label extension studies for enrolment after a predefined timepoint; and including outcomes which set a higher bar for disease clearance. CONCLUSION Conducting PCT in AD requires balancing several, sometimes opposing principles, including ethics, methodology, regulatory requirements and real-world needs. This paper can provide a framework for conducting PCT with systemic medications for patients with AD.
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- Y A Leshem
- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Pediatric Dermatology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.,National Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.,Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Sheffield Dermatology Research Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Chalmers JR, Thomas KS, Apfelbacher C, Williams HC, Prinsen CA, Spuls PI, Simpson E, Gerbens LAA, Boers M, Barbarot S, Stalder JF, Abuabara K, Aoki V, Ardeleanu M, Armstrong J, Bang B, Berents TL, Burton T, Butler L, Chubachi T, Cresswell-Melville A, DeLozier A, Eckert L, Eichenfield L, Flohr C, Futamura M, Gadkari A, Gjerde ES, van Halewijn KF, Hawkes C, Howells L, Howie L, Humphreys R, Ishii HA, Kataoka Y, Katayama I, Kouwenhoven W, Langan SM, Leshem YA, Merhand S, Mina-Osorio P, Murota H, Nakahara T, Nunes FP, Nygaard U, Nygårdas M, Ohya Y, Ono E, Rehbinder E, Rogers NK, Romeijn GLE, Schuttelaar MLA, Sears AV, Simpson MA, Singh JA, Srour J, Stuart B, Svensson Å, Talmo G, Talmo H, Teixeira HD, Thyssen JP, Todd G, Torchet F, Volke A, von Kobyletzki L, Weisshaar E, Wollenberg A, Zaniboni M. Report from the fifth international consensus meeting to harmonize core outcome measures for atopic eczema/dermatitis clinical trials (HOME initiative). Br J Dermatol 2018; 178:e332-e341. [PMID: 29672835 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
This is the report from the fifth meeting of the Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema initiative (HOME V). The meeting was held on 12-14 June 2017 in Nantes, France, with 81 participants. The main aims of the meeting were (i) to achieve consensus over the definition of the core domain of long-term control and how to measure it and (ii) to prioritize future areas of research for the measurement of the core domain of quality of life (QoL) in children. Moderated whole-group and small-group consensus discussions were informed by presentations of qualitative studies, systematic reviews and validation studies. Small-group allocations were performed a priori to ensure that each group included different stakeholders from a variety of geographical regions. Anonymous whole-group voting was carried out using handheld electronic voting pads according to predefined consensus rules. It was agreed by consensus that the long-term control domain should include signs, symptoms, quality of life and a patient global instrument. The group agreed that itch intensity should be measured when assessing long-term control of eczema in addition to the frequency of itch captured by the symptoms domain. There was no recommendation of an instrument for the core outcome domain of quality of life in children, but existing instruments were assessed for face validity and feasibility, and future work that will facilitate the recommendation of an instrument was agreed upon.
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- J R Chalmers
- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Medical Sociology, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, U.S.A
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- Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Nantes University Hospital (CHU de Nantes), France
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- Department of Dermatology, Nantes University Hospital (CHU de Nantes), France
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
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- University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY, U.S.A
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- LEO Pharma, Ballerup, Denmark
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- National Eczema Association, San Rafael, CA, U.S.A
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, U.S.A
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A
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- Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Diego, CA, U.S.A
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- St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY, U.S.A
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- The Psoriasis and Eczema Association of Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Global Parents for Eczema Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Brazilian Atopic Dermatitis Association (AADA), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Disease, Osaka, Japan
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- Dutch Association for People with Atopic Dermatitis, Nijkerk, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, U.K
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- Beilinson Hospital and Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Association Française de l'Eczéma, Redon, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A
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- National Centre for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie der LMU - München, Munich, Germany
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- Primary Care and Population Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- The Psoriasis and Eczema Association of Norway, Haugesund, Norway
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- The Psoriasis and Eczema Association of Norway, Haugesund, Norway
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Association Française de l'Eczéma, Redon, France
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Dermatology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.,Department of Public Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.,CF Wahlgren, Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergy University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil
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Snast I, Reiter O, Atzmony L, Leshem YA, Hodak E, Mimouni D, Pavlovsky L. Psychological stress and psoriasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Dermatol 2018; 178:1044-1055. [PMID: 29124739 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Psychological stress has long been linked with the exacerbation/onset of psoriasis. OBJECTIVES To determine if antecedent psychological stress is associated with the exacerbation/onset of psoriasis. METHODS A search of the PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane library and ClinicalTrials.gov databases was performed. Surveys evaluating beliefs about stress reactivity were analysed separately. Suitable studies were meta-analysed. RESULTS Thirty-nine studies (32 537 patients) were included: 19 surveys, seven cross-sectional studies, 12 case-control studies and one cohort study. Forty-six per cent of patients believed their disease was stress reactive and 54% recalled preceding stressful events. Case-control studies evaluating stressful events rates prior to the exacerbation (n = 6) or onset (n = 6) of psoriasis varied in time lag to recollection (≤ 9 months to ≥ 5 years). Pooling five studies evaluating stressful events preceding onset of psoriasis gave an odds ratio (OR) of 3·4 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1·8-6·4; I2 = 87%]; the only study evaluating a documented stress disorder diagnosis reported similar rates between patients and controls (OR 1·2, 95% CI 0·8-1·8). Four studies evaluating stressful events prior to psoriasis exacerbation reported comparable rates with controls, whereas two found more frequent/severe preceding events among patients with psoriasis. A small prospective cohort study reported a modest association between stress levels and exacerbation of psoriasis (r = 0·28, P < 0·05). CONCLUSIONS The association between preceding stress and exacerbation/onset of psoriasis is based primarily on retrospective studies with many limitations. No convincing evidence exists that preceding stress is strongly associated with exacerbation/onset of psoriasis.
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- I Snast
- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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BACKGROUND Although pemphigus is a rare autoimmune blistering disease, it attracts the attention of physicians of many disciplines. OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the number of articles on pemphigus that have been published over 15 years in dermatology vs. non-dermatology medical journals, and to evaluate the quality of available evidence. METHODS PubMed was searched for articles on pemphigus published between 1 January 1993 to 31 December 2007 using the search word pemphigus. Articles were characterized by publication type and journal type per year. Regression analysis was used to determine the effect of year of publication on number of publications of each type. RESULTS The search yielded 2032 publications on pemphigus during the evaluation period. Sixty-one per cent were published in dermatology journals. Overall, the number of publications increased linearly with time. Most of this increase was accounted for by publications in non-dermatology journals. There was an increase in clinical trials over the course of the study period. The number of certain publications with lower quality of evidence, mainly case reports and letters to the editor, increased significantly in the last few years. There was no increase in publications with high quality of evidence. CONCLUSIONS The increase on data from non-dermatology disciplines is a welcome contribution. Nevertheless, high-quality evidence on pemphigus is still lacking. We trust that the current trend towards evidence-based dermatology will impact future research on this severe disease.
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- Y A Leshem
- Department of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
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BACKGROUND Although pemphigus is a rare autoimmune blistering disease, it attracts the attention of physicians of many disciplines. OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the number of articles on pemphigus that have been published over 15 years in dermatology vs. non-dermatology medical journals, and to evaluate the quality of available evidence. METHODS PubMed was searched for articles on pemphigus published between 1 January 1993 to 31 December 2007 using the search word pemphigus. Articles were characterized by publication type and journal type per year. Regression analysis was used to determine the effect of year of publication on number of publications of each type. RESULTS The search yielded 2032 publications on pemphigus during the evaluation period. Sixty-one per cent were published in dermatology journals. Overall, the number of publications increased linearly with time. Most of this increase was accounted for by publications in non-dermatology journals. There was an increase in clinical trials over the course of the study period. The number of certain publications with lower quality of evidence, mainly case reports and letters to the editor, increased significantly in the last few years. There was no increase in publications with high quality of evidence. CONCLUSIONS The increase on data from non-dermatology disciplines is a welcome contribution. Nevertheless, high-quality evidence on pemphigus is still lacking. We trust that the current trend towards evidence-based dermatology will impact future research on this severe disease.
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- Y A Leshem
- Department of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
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