Topical Anti-Inflammatory Treatments for Eczema: A Cochrane Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Janus kinase inhibitor calcineurin inhibitor eczema network meta‐analysis systematic review topical steroid

Journal

Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
ISSN: 1365-2222
Titre abrégé: Clin Exp Allergy
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8906443

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 29 07 2024
accepted: 07 08 2024
medline: 2 9 2024
pubmed: 2 9 2024
entrez: 2 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Eczema is the most burdensome skin condition worldwide and topical anti-inflammatory treatments are commonly used to control symptoms. The relative effectiveness and safety of different topical anti-inflammatory treatments is uncertain. Network meta-analysis performed within a Cochrane systematic review to compare and statistically rank efficacy and safety of topical anti-inflammatory eczema treatments. Cochrane Skin Specialised Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase and trial registries to June 2023. Included trials were within-participant or between-participant randomised controlled trials. Participants had eczema that was not clinically infected and was not contact dermatitis, seborrheic eczema or hand eczema. Interventions were topical anti-inflammatory treatments but not complementary treatments, antibiotics alone, wet wraps, phototherapy or systemic treatments. Comparators were no treatment/vehicle or another topical anti-inflammatory. We identified 291 trials (45,846 participants), mainly in high-income countries. Most were industry-funded with median 3 weeks treatment duration. Risk of bias assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2.0 tool was high in 89% of trials, mainly due to risk of selective reporting. Network meta-analysis of binary outcomes ranked potent and/or very potent topical steroids, tacrolimus 0.1% and ruxolitinib 1.5% among the most effective treatments for improving patient-reported symptoms (40 trials, all low confidence) and clinician-reported signs (32 trials, all moderate confidence). For investigator global assessment, the Janus kinas inhibitors ruxolitinib 1.5%, delgocitinib 0.5% or 0.25%, very potent/potent topical steroids and tacrolimus 0.1% were ranked as most effective (140 trials, all moderate confidence). Continuous outcome data were mixed. Local application site reactions were most common with tacrolimus 0.1% (moderate confidence) and crisaborole 2% (high confidence) and least common with topical steroids (moderate confidence). Skin thinning was not increased with short-term use of any topical steroid potency (low confidence) but skin thinning was reported in 6/2044 (0.3%) participants treated with longer-term (6-60 months) topical steroids. Potent topical steroids, Janus kinase inhibitors and tacrolimus 0.1% were consistently ranked as among the most effective topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39219446
doi: 10.1111/cea.14556
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

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Subventions

Organisme : National Institute for Health and Care Research
ID : NIHR201993

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Author(s). Clinical & Experimental Allergy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Stephanie J Lax (SJ)

Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Eleanor Van Vogt (E)

Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Bridget Candy (B)

Department of Dermatology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Lloyd Steele (L)

Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.

Clare Reynolds (C)

School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Beth Stuart (B)

Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Roses Parker (R)

Cochrane MOSS Network, c/o Cochrane Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Group, Oxford, UK.

Emma Axon (E)

Cochrane Methods Support Unit, Cochrane, London, UK.

Amanda Roberts (A)

Nottingham Support Group for Carers of Children With Eczema, Nottingham, UK.

Megan Doyle (M)

Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Derek K Chu (DK)

Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Masaki Futamura (M)

Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.

Miriam Santer (M)

Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Hywel C Williams (HC)

Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Suzie Cro (S)

Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Aaron M Drucker (AM)

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Research and Innovation Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Robert J Boyle (RJ)

Section of Inflammation and Repair, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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