ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Proactive versus Rank-Down Topical Corticosteroid Therapy for Maintenance of Remission in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Randomized, Open-Label, Active-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study (Anticipate Study).
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- Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Pushing the Boundaries of Topical Therapy in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: A Review of Baseline Disease Severity and Burden in Clinical Trials.Dermatology and therapy · 2026Review
- Long-term disease control of disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) with simvastatin 2%/ cholesterol 2% cream.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2026Article
- Topical proactive therapy in dermatology. A scoping review.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2023Article
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Abstract
Topical corticosteroids are used as first-line treatment for atopic dermatitis (AD). Regarding the maintenance of remission achieved by topical corticosteroids, no previous studies have compared proactive therapy with rank-down therapy. We compared their efficacy and safety in Japanese children with moderate to severe AD. Patients who had achieved remission with a very strong topical corticosteroid were randomized to 4-week maintenance treatment with either intermittent use of the same drug (proactive therapy) or daily use of a strong topical corticosteroid for 1 week followed by daily use of a medium-potency topical corticosteroid for 3 weeks (rank-down therapy); 49 patients were randomized (proactive therapy,
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