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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2025

Defining "Flares" in Atopic Dermatitis: A Narrative Review.

Joseph F Merola, Stephan Weidinger, Sally Y Tan, Kassim Rahawi, Cori Gray

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Joseph F MerolaDepartment of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, O'Donnell School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, USA. joseph.merola@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-4353
Stephan WeidingerDepartment of Dermatology, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-252X
Sally Y TanDepartment of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-1839-3058
Kassim RahawiSanofi, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6700-9171
Cori GraySanofi, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9622-7331

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by fluctuating disease activity. Exacerbations of AD signs and/or symptoms, or flares, have a significant impact on patient quality of life and may require modification or escalation of treatment. However, research into preventing and managing flares may be hampered by the lack of consensus on a clear, clinically relevant, measurable definition of flare. This narrative review provides an overview of disease flare frameworks established through previous systematic literature reviews, flare definitions proposed by American and European guidelines, as well as those used in randomized controlled trials and observational studies published between January 2014 and September 2024. It identifies a range of flare definitions in use in the literature, the majority of which are based on clinician-reported outcomes, with very few referring to the patient perspective. Given the highly individualized experience of disease flare in patients with AD, incorporating the perspective of patients, alongside established measures of disease activity, is vital for creating and validating a definition that is clinically relevant.

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Dermatitis, AtopicSymptom Flare UpHumansPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSeverity of Illness Index

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PMID40890502
PMCPMC12615545

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