| Literature DB >> 34328514 |
Sigbert Jahn1, Julia Föhr2, Evangelia Diamanti2, Matthias Herbst2.
Abstract
We present the results of a retrospective data analysis of a practice cohort of 44 patients with atopic dermatitis treated with the IL-4/13 receptor antibody dupilumab for up to 3 years. Patients were followed up over a period of 21 months during specialized consultation hours named Immunodermatology, which was established to guarantee comprehensive documentation. The patient's characteristics regarding age and sex distribution, severity and duration of disease were comparable with the patient collectives in large, pivotal studies. The therapeutic efficiency however was high (percentage of patients with EASI50, -75, -90 after 16 weeks: 94, 84, 60%, respectively) and long lasting (86% EASI90 after 52 weeks on therapy) under everyday conditions in the clinical setting. Approximately half of the patients had facial skin or eye involvement either in their history or at the start of treatment. This group of patients proved to need more and intense care because facial dermatitis and periocular dermatitis, which often involved conjunctivitis, took longer to heal, relapses occurred, and an additional topical treatment was often required. We did not observe any severe side effects during the 48 patient-years analyzed in this study. Dupilumab proved to be a safe and efficient treatment for atopic dermatitis in dermatological practice.Entities:
Keywords: Facial dermatitis; Immunodermatology; Immunomodulation; Interleukin-4/13 blockade; Periocular dermatitis
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34328514 PMCID: PMC8323538 DOI: 10.1007/s00105-021-04868-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hautarzt ISSN: 0017-8470 Impact factor: 0.751
| Gesamtzahl Patienten | 44 |
| Geschlechterverteilung weiblich:männlich | 25:19 |
| Alter: Median; Durchschnitt (Jahre) | 36; 38 |
| Patienten unter 18 Jahren bei Therapiestart | 4/44 |
| Dauer der Erkrankung: Median; Durchschnitt (Jahre) | 25; 28 |
| Late-onset-AD (Erstmanifestation im Erwachsenenalter) | 8/44 |
| EASI bei Therapiestart; Durchschnitt | 8–57; 21 |
| Schwerster EASI in der Anamnese; Durchschnitt | 8–57; 25 |
| Atopische/allergische Begleiterkrankungen | |
| – Rhinokonjunktivitis | 17 |
| – Allergisches Asthma bronchiale | 14 |
| – Polyposis nasi | 1 |
| – Nahrungsmittelallergien | 3 |
| – Urtikaria | 4 |
| Lebensqualität (DLQI, Höchstwert 30) | 5–29 |
| – Median; Mittelwert | 21; 20 |
| Patienten mit starker Gesichtsbeteiligung mit/ohne Konjunktivitis (anamnestisch oder/und bei Therapiestart) | 19/44 |
| Behandlungsdauer (Monate) | 1–39 |
| Patientenjahre der Dupilumab-Behandlung in dieser Kohorte | 48 |
| Vorbehandlungen | |
| – Cyclosporin | 3/44 |
| – Systemische Kortikosteroide kurzzeitig im Intervall | 12/44 |
| – Mehrmonatig systemisch Prednisolon in mittlerer Dosis | 2/44 |
EASI Eczema Area and Severity Index, DLQI Dermatology Life Quality Index
| 36 | 5 |
| 33 positiv | 4 positiv |
| 3 negativ | 1 negativ |
| Woche | EASI 50 | EASI 75 | EASI 90 | DLQI 50a | DLQI 75a | Pruritusreduktionb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 34/39 | 27/39 | 13/39 | 20/28 | 12/28 | 27/37 |
| 8 | 34/36 | 30/36 | 16/36 | 22/28 | 18/28 | 31/34 |
| 16 | 30/32 | 27/32 | 19/32 | 21/26 | 18/26 | 29/30 |
| 52 | 22/22 | 19/22 | 13/22 | 16/19 | 16/19 | 19/21 |
aVerbesserung der Lebensqualität im Therapieverlauf, dokumentiert anhand der 50- oder 75 %igen Reduktion des DLQI(Dermatology Life Quality Index)-Wertes gegenüber Ausgangswert
bJuckreizreduktion anhand Reduktion des NRS(numerische Rating-Skala)-Ausgangswertes um 4 Punkte (2 Patienten mit <4 wurden nicht ausgewertet)