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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2021

Appraisal of Proactive Topical Therapy in Atopic Dermatitis: Pros and Cons.

Anne Sofie Frølunde, Jacob Pontoppidan Thyssen, Mette Deleuran, Christian Vestergaard

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. How we treat severe atopic dermatitis.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anne Sofie FrølundeDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Blvd. 99, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jacob Pontoppidan ThyssenDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mette DeleuranDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Blvd. 99, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark.
Christian VestergaardDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Blvd. 99, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark. chrivest@rm.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-0626
Aarhus University Hospital · DKBispebjerg Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease that can affect both children and adults. It is a chronic disease with recurrent, highly pruritic eczematous lesions. Topical treatment with anti-inflammatory agents is the mainstay of treatment for atopic dermatitis, either in a reactive or proactive approach according to severity of the disease and always in combination with daily application of an emollient cream. Several studies have shown that proactive therapy with either topical corticosteroids or topical calcineurin inhibitors is significantly superior at reducing the number of flares and increasing the interval between flares compared with reactive therapy in patients with moderate and severe disease. The risk of side effects is considered low, and there seem to be no extra economic costs related to this treatment approach. Proactive therapy is an advisable treatment option for patients with moderate and severe atopic dermatitis to gain prolonged disease control; however, long-term safety data and data on when to stop do not yet exist.

Indexed as

Administration, CutaneousAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCalcineurin InhibitorsDermatitis, AtopicDermatologic AgentsGlucocorticoidsHumansRecurrenceSecondary PreventionSymptom Flare UpTreatment OutcomeAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCalcineurin InhibitorsDermatologic AgentsGlucocorticoids

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PMID34322849
OpenAlexW3187007981

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