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ReviewDrugs2022

New Topical Therapies in Development for Atopic Dermatitis.

Egídio Freitas, Melinda Gooderham, Tiago Torres

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Review in Drugs, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. European S2k Guideline on Chronic PruritusActa dermato-venereologica · 2025
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  4. Anti-Inflammatory Evaluation of Pyrazino[2,1-Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  14. PDE4D: A Multipurpose Pharmacological Target.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. PDE4 Inhibitors: Profiling Hits through the Multitude of Structural Classes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Difamilast for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.The Journal of international medical research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Egídio FreitasDepartment of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Melinda GooderhamSKiN Centre for Dermatology, Probity Medical Research, Queen's University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
Tiago TorresDepartment of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal. torres.tiago@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0404-0870
Centro Hospitalar do Porto · PTQueen's University · CAUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic pruritic inflammatory cutaneous disease. AD is characterized by intense pruritus and enormous clinical heterogeneity. Treatment goals are to improve skin lesions and minimize exacerbations and symptom burden. Currently, topical corticosteroids (TCS) and topical calcineurin inhibitors (TCI) are still considered the main topical therapies in disease treatment. However, despite being very effective, TCS and TCI are not recommended for continuous long-term use, due to potential safety issues. Although research in AD has focused primarily on systemic drugs, more than 20 new topical compounds are under development to treat the disease. This review aims to provide a synthesized summary of the current knowledge about AD topical treatment, echoing existing gaps and coming research trends. The available data seems promising, with some drugs already approved (ruxolitinib being the most recent), and several are in an advanced stage of development and will soon be available for treatment of mild to moderate disease, namely tapinarof, difamilast, and roflumilast. However, longer and larger prospective studies are needed to assess the long-term efficacy and safety of these new compounds and evaluate their benefits over current treatments.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicDermatologic AgentsAdministration, CutaneousCalcineurin InhibitorsGlucocorticoidsHumansPruritusSkinCalcineurin InhibitorsDermatologic AgentsGlucocorticoids

Identifiers

PMID35596877
OpenAlexW4281252334

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