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ArticleAllergy, asthma & immunology research2021

Real Clinical Practice Data of Monthly Dupilumab Therapy in Adult Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis: Clinical Efficacy and Predictive Markers for a Favorable Clinical Response.

Youngsoo Lee, Myoung-Eun Kim, Dong-Ho Nahm

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Article in Allergy, asthma & immunology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Youngsoo LeeDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8918-9353
Myoung-Eun KimDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7224-3421
Dong-Ho NahmDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. dhnahm@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-6577
Ajou University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDupilumab is recommended to be administered biweekly to treat adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD). Real clinical practice data on the clinical efficacy of monthly dupilumab therapy are limited. We analyzed real clinical practice data on the clinical efficacy of monthly dupilumab therapy and predictive markers for favorable clinical responses to the therapy.

methodsMedical records of 57 adult patients with moderate-to-severe AD who received dupilumab therapy every 4 weeks for 16 weeks were analyzed retrospectively. Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) were recorded at baseline and week 16. Clinical responses to monthly dupilumab therapy were defined as the proportion of patients with decreased EASI scores of at least 50% or 75% from baseline at week 16 (EASI-50 or EASI-75). Blood eosinophil counts and serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were measured at baseline and week 16.

resultsMonthly dupilumab therapy showed EASI-50 and EASI-75 clinical responses in 48 (84.2%) and 27 (47.4%) of 57 patients at week 16, respectively. The percentage decrease in EASI scores from baseline at week 16 was significantly inversely correlated with baseline blood eosinophil count (correlation coefficient [

conclusionsMonthly dupilumab therapy was clinically effective in adult patients with moderate-to-severe AD in real clinical practice. Baseline blood eosinophil count and serum LDH level could be predictive markers for clinical response to dupilumab therapy.

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Atopic dermatitisclinical efficacydupilumabeosinophilIL-4marker

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