SynthesisEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2022
The safety of systemic Janus kinase inhibitors in atopic dermatitis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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- JAK Inhibitors in Inflammatory Skin Diseases: A 15,427-Patient Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical Trial and Real-World Outcomes.Clinical drug investigation · 2026Pooled it
- JAK Inhibitor Safety in Atopic Dermatitis and Alopecia Areata: A 4.5-Year Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study.Dermatology and therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Infection risk with JAK inhibitors in dermatoses: a meta-analysis.International journal of dermatology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Janus kinase inhibitors in atopic dermatitis: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Long-Term Disease Control During Continuous Treatment with Upadacitinib and Baricitinib for Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis: a Real-World Monocentric Retrospective Study.Dermatology and therapy · 2026Article
- From Barrier Disruption and Immune Dysregulation to Targeted Therapies in Atopic Dermatitis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2026Review
- Treatment Patterns and Perceptions of Treatment Options in Japanese Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with Atopic Dermatitis.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- JAK-1 inhibitors in the management of atopic dermatitis in patients over 65 years old: a descriptive cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- From Pathways to Patients in Atopic Dermatitis: Advanced Systemic Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Comparative Real-World Analysis of Baseline Demographic Characteristics and Comorbidities in Atopic Dermatitis Patients Initiating Biologics Versus JAK Inhibitors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Association between oral JAK-1 inhibitors and infection risks in atopic dermatitis: a retrospective analysis of the FAERS database.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Emerging Treatments and New Vehicle Formulations for Atopic Dermatitis.Pharmaceutics · 2024Review
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- Efficacy and Safety of JAK1 Inhibitor Abrocitinib in Atopic Dermatitis.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
- Real-World Efficacy and Safety of Oral Tofacitinib in Patients with Refractory Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.Indian journal of dermatologyArticle
- Janus Kinase Inhibitors as Successful Treatment Alternative in Dupilumab-Induced Psoriasis.Case reports in dermatologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeJanus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have been developed to treat moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, but there is little evidence comparing the safety profile of these drugs. The aim of this study is to compare the relative safety of the different systemic JAK inhibitors in atopic dermatitis.
methodsMedline, EMBASE, and clinicaltrials.gov were searched to identify phase 2/3, clinical trials (RCTs) designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of systemic JAK inhibitors in atopic dermatitis. Outcomes were the risk of any adverse event (AE), serious AEs, AEs leading to treatment discontinuation, any infection, serious infections, herpes zoster infection, and any cardiac or vascular event.
resultsEighteen RCTs were included. Compared with placebo, baricitinib (odds ratio [OR] 1.25, 95% credible interval [CrI] 1.03-1.55), abrocitinib (OR 1.54, 95% CrI 1.25-1.90), and upadacitinib (OR 1.46, 95% CrI 1.19-1.81) increase the risk of any adverse event. Abrocitinib (OR 1.62, 95% CrI 1.7-2.72), upadacitinib (OR 1.67, 95% CrI 1.19-2.43), and dupilumab (OR 1.69, 95% CrI 1.02-2.79) increase the risk of infections when compared with placebo. Dupilumab has a reduced risk of herpes zoster infection when compared with upadacitinib (OR 0.23; 95% CrI 0.08-0.81) No further statistically significant risk differences between treatments were identified.
conclusionsThe results suggest systemic JAK inhibitors for atopic dermatitis have a similar safety profile. However, as current data present limitations, postmarketing safety evidence will be crucial to draw definitive conclusions regarding the safety of JAK inhibitors.
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