Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab in Clinical Practice: One Year of Experience on 165 Adult Patients from a Tertiary Referral Centre.

Atopic dermatitis Daily practice Dupilumab Eczema Severity

Journal

Dermatology and therapy
ISSN: 2193-8210
Titre abrégé: Dermatol Ther (Heidelb)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101590450

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Historique:
received: 30 12 2020
pubmed: 14 3 2021
medline: 14 3 2021
entrez: 13 3 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We have read with great interest the article by Kreeshan et al., which reported data on effectiveness and laboratory safety of dupilumab. We performed a retrospective study including 165 adult patients affected by moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) and treated with dupilumab for at least 52 weeks. A significant improvement in eczema area severity index (EASI) score after 16 and 52 weeks of treatment with dupilumab was observed. The mean EASI score at baseline was 28.84 ± 6.4 and significantly reduced to 10.05 ± 8.00 at 16 weeks (p < 0.001), and to 3.04 ± 4.73 at 52 weeks (p < 0.001), with a mean percentage reduction of 65.15% and 89.45%, respectively. Efficacy of dupilumab was demonstrated by a significant reduction of all the scores (P-NRS, S-NRS and DLQI). Furthermore, no patient discontinued the drug because of inefficacy. Fifty-seven out of 165 (34.54%) patients reported at least one adverse event (AE) during the 52-week treatment. Our study confirms that dupilumab can represent a long-term treatment for moderate-to-severe adult AD, beyond 16 weeks. In our experience, dupilumab demonstrated a favourable safety profile at 52 weeks and only a few patients had to discontinue the treatment because of AEs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33712985
doi: 10.1007/s13555-021-00505-z
pii: 10.1007/s13555-021-00505-z
pmc: PMC8018995
doi:

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Pagination

355-361

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Auteurs

Maddalena Napolitano (M)

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences Vincenzo Tiberio, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. maddy.napolitano@gmail.com.

Maria Ferrillo (M)

Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Cataldo Patruno (C)

Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.

Massimiliano Scalvenzi (M)

Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Mirella D'Andrea (M)

Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Gabriella Fabbrocini (G)

Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

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