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Trial reportFrontiers in medicine2026

Topical probiotic

Ville Salo, Anita Remitz, Antti Lauerma, Alexander Salava

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Trial report in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ville SaloDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Anita RemitzDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti LauermaDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Alexander SalavaDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Microbiome-targeted treatments have been investigated in atopic dermatitis (AD). We aimed to investigate the tolerability and efficacy of probiotic Methods: A total of 13 patients with mild-to-moderate AD were treated with differently concentrated probiotic creams (3, 10, and 30%) for 4 weeks. The severity of AD [Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) and Investigator Global Assessment (IGA)], epidermal barrier function (TEWL), and the impact of AD [Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM), Atopic Dermatitis Control Tool (ADCT), and pruritus and sleep disturbance visual analog scale (VAS)] were measured at baseline (BL) and at 4 and 8 weeks. Comprehensive clinical patient data and laboratory values, including blood eosinophil count, total serum IgE levels, and specific IgEs to aeroallergens, were obtained. Results: Comparison of the treatment groups and longitudinal comparisons at various time points showed no significant differences regarding AD severity (EASI, Discussion: In our patient cohort, topical probiotic Clinical trial registration: https://eudract.ema.europa.eu, Identifier EudraCT 2020-000514-15.

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atopic dermatitisLactobacillus lactistherapytolerabilitytopical probiotic

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PMID41709889
PMCPMC12910470

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