Evidence mapPaperPMID 36709473Full record

ArticleDermatology and therapy2023

Challenges in the Use of the Treat-to-Target Strategy in Atopic Dermatitis in Latin America: A Case Series Review.

Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Karla Robles-Velasco, Simon Francis Thomsen, German D Ramon, Jorge Sánchez, Jonathan A Bernstein, Benjamin Hidalgo

Open access · goldAbstract readLetter
In one paragraph

Article in Dermatology and therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Ivan Cherrez-OjedaUniversidad Espiritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador. ivancherrez@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1610-239X
Karla Robles-VelascoUniversidad Espiritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.
Simon Francis ThomsenDepartment of Dermato-Venereology and Wound Healing Centre, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
German D RamonUrticaria Center of Reference and Excellence (UCARE), Instituto de Alergia e Inmunologia del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jorge SánchezGroup of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Clinic "IPS Universitaria," University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Jonathan A BernsteinDivision of Immunology/Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Benjamin HidalgoAttending Dermatology Department, Hospital Nacional de Niños Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Bernstein Clinical Research Center · USHospital Nacional de Niños · CRInstituto de Física del Sur · ARUniversidad de Antioquia · COUniversidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo · ECUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Guayaquil · EC

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, relapsing-remitting illness. In moderate-to-severe instances, recommendations urge patient-centered systemic therapy. Existing standards lack long-term treatment success requirements. A treat-to-target methodology was proposed for systemic therapy patients that requires global improvements to prompt decisions about treatment.

methodsWe conducted an observational study between May 2021 and June 2022 in three Ecuadorian patients with severe AD who were treated with dupilumab to assess the clinical evolution and behavior of the subdomains evaluated by clinimetric tools.

resultsPatients A and C satisfied disease-domain response criteria to dupilumab at 12 and 24 weeks, but B did not complete the algorithm objectives. Nonetheless, patient A improved AD severity, itching, bleeding, desquamation, sleep, daily activities, mood, emotions, sexual troubles, clothing, and sports subdomains. Patient B experienced reduced symptomatology, AD aggravation, daily activities impact, and work/study impairment. Patient C improved from severe to mild desquamation, itching, exudate, lichenification, and rough/dry skin. Sleep, shame, and study subdomains improved the most.

conclusionWe provide a new operational construct for analyzing current patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and clinician-reported outcome measures (CROMs) based on subdomains to widen our understanding of the state of disease activity and make clinical decisions when the treat-to-target strategy is not attained.

Indexed as

DupilumabPatient-reported outcomeSevere atopic dermatitisSubdomainsTreat-to-target

Identifiers

PMID36709473
PMCPMC9984613
OpenAlexW4318426305

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.