Real-world data on upadacitinib in the treatment of atopic dermatitis are limited. |
Upadacitinib demonstrated effectiveness in patients excluded from trials because of prior failure on dupilumab. |
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Study Design and Population
2.2 Data Collection
2.3 Statistical Analyses
3 Results
Characteristics | |
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Total population | 43 patients |
M/F, n (%) | 28 (65.1)/15 (34.9) |
Mean age, years (± SD) | 45.91 (± 15.8) |
Mean BMI, kg/m2 (± SD) | 24.6 (± 3.5) |
Median age at the onset of disease (25–75 percentile) | 6 (1–27) |
Allergic rhinitis, n (%) | 15/43 (34.9) |
Asthma, n (%) | 12/43 (27.9) |
Allergic conjunctivitis, n (%) | 10/43 (23.3) |
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis, n (%) | 1/43 (2.3) |
Food allergy, n (%) | 10/43 (23.3) |
Patients previously treated with CsA, n (%) | 42/43 (97.7) |
Patients previously treated with dupilumab, n (%) | 42/43 (97.7) |
Patients previously treated with methotrexate, n (%) | 20/43 (46.5) |
Patients previously treated with oral corticosteroids, n (%) | 14/43 (42.4) |
Patients previously treated with tralokinumab, n (%) | 2/43 (4.6) |
3.1 Upadacitinib Improves Clinical Manifestations and Symptoms
Baseline | Week 4 | Week 16 | p value* | |
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Patients | n = 43 | n = 26 | n = 39 | |
EASI score | 26.0 (23.0–28.0) | 3.5 (1.0–5.0) | 0.0 (0.0–2.0) | < 0.001 |
BSA score | 24.0 (20.0–30.0) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) | 0.0 (0.0–2.0) | < 0.001 |
Itch-NRS score | 9.0 (7.0–10.0) | 2.0 (0.0–2.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | < 0.001 |
Sleep-NRS score | 8.0 (5.0–9.0) | 1.0 (0.0–2.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | < 0.001 |
Pain-NRS score | 7.0 (0.0–8.0) | 1.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | < 0.001 |
POEM score | 18.0 (15.0–23.0) | 3.5 (0.0–6.0) | 0.0 (0.0–2.0) | < 0.001 |
DLQI score | 16.0 (10.0–20.0) | 2.5 (0.0–5.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | < 0.001 |
Therapeutic goals | Week 4 | Week 16 |
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Patients achieving absolute EASI score ≤ 7, n (%) | 38/39 (97.4) | |
Patients achieving the reduction of at least 3 points in the absolute itch-NRS score, n (%) | 24/26 (92.3) | |
Patients achieving the absolute itch-NRS score ≤ 4, n (%) | 37/39 (94.9) | |
Patients achieving the reduction of absolute DLQI score of at least 4 points, n (%) | 24/26 (92.3) | |
Patients achieving the absolute DLQI score ≤ 5, n (%) | 38/39 (97.4) | |
Patients achieving the reduction of absolute POEM score of at least 4 points, n (%) | 23/26 (88.5) | |
Patients achieving the absolute POEM score ≤ 7, n (%) | 36/39 (92.3) |