Active clinical trials for "Dermatitis"

Effects of abrocitinib treatment of atopic dermatitis on skin barrier function.

Atopic dermatitis (AD; also known as atopic eczema) is an inflammatory skin disease. The safety and effectiveness of upadacitinib for AD has been well-documented in previous studies, however, these studies included a limited number of adolescent patients in Japan. Therefore, the purpose of this observational study is to evaluate safety and effectiveness of upadacitinib in adolescent AD participants age 12 to <18 years old in Japan in the real-world setting. Upadacitinib is an approved drug being developed for the treatment of AD in adolescents in Japan. Around 170 participants age 12 to <18 who are prescribed upadacitinib for the treatment of AD in routine clinical practice will be enrolled at multiple sites in Japan. Participants will receive oral upadacitinib as prescribed by their physician. Data from these participants will be collected for approximately 2 years. There will be no additional burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the course of the study at a hospital or clinic and will be asked to provide additional information by questionnaire at each visit.

The global coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) has led to an increased need to wear protective equipment such as wearing face masks and practicing hygiene measures such as more frequent use of antiseptics. These measures can lead to changes in the skin, the development of new inflammatory skin diseases or exacerbation of existing ones, with health professionals especially under the risk of developing these changes. Changes in facial skin due to wearing masks have been observed in a number of studies, however, part of the study was based solely on subjects' self-assessment or clinical assessment, and only a small part on objective measurements of skin parameters. Also, the impact of prolonged masks' use have not been investigated. The aim of these study was to investigate the effects of constant, long-term use of protective masks on facial skin.

TARGET-DERM is a longitudinal, observational study of adult and pediatric patients being managed for Atopic Dermatitis and other Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Skin Conditions (IMISC) in usual clinical practice. TARGET-DERM will create a research registry of patients with IMISC within academic and community real-world practices in order to assess the safety and effectiveness of current and future therapies.

This regestry study is aimed to characterize the medical care and drug treatment under real-life conditions among Chinese patients with moderate to severe Atopic Dermatitis who are not well controlled by topical therapies.

Everybody's skin has bacteria that normally lives on it. Previous research has shown that people with eczema (or atopic dermatitis [AD]) have much higher concentrations of a certain bacteria (S. aureus), especially when their disease is active but little is known about the role that this bacteria plays in psoriasis (i.e. disease severity, biomarkers and skin barrier function). The overarching purpose of this longitudinal study is to understand how the abundance of skin S. aureus (and several commensal bacteria) change as a consequence of standard of care treatment in the URMC dermatology clinics. Other assays and biospecimens will also be collected to address a number of questions.

Previous research has shown that Asian and African Americans are more likely to develop atopic dermatitis (AD) than their Caucasian counterparts. However, limited information is known about AD in Asian and African American populations because most molecular studies have focused on Caucasians with AD. This trial will determine differences in inflammatory responses to dupilumab between Caucasian, Asian, and African American patients with AD. The central hypothesis of this study is that ethnic differences in both immune and stromal cells contribute to variability in AD presentation and response to anti-interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) inhibition with dupilumab.

This is a 2-year, open-label, exploratory study with a 4-week screening period and a 104-week treatment phase designed to investigate dupilumab's long-term effect on skin barrier function as measured by transepidermal water loss (TEWL) before and after skin tape stripping (STS) in approximately 48 pediatric participants (aged ≥6 and <14 years at study entry) with moderate-to-severe AD. After the 104-week treatment phase and the last assessment at the EndofTreatment (EOT) visit (as planned at Week 104), participants will be followed-up for 4 weeks and an End-of-Study (EoS) by telephone at 4 weeks after the EOT visit will end the study for each participant. The maximum duration of the study per participant will be 112 weeks (including screening period). TEWL assessment in predefined lesional and non-lesional skin areas before and after STS will be conducted every 3 months (every 13 weeks) during the treatment period from Day 1 (Baseline/Week 0, Visit 2) to Week 104 (Visit 10/EoT).

'Mind and Skin': A prospective cohort study evaluating the impact of inflammation, itch and sleep disturbance on the brain, mental health and cognition, in patients with severe atopy.

The purpose of this observational study is to learn about the safety of abrocitinib (CIBINQO) in pregnant women and the offspring. The study is seeking participants who: Are currently or recently pregnant Receive at least one dose of CIBINQO at any time during pregnancy or prior to pregnancy OR have a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis All participants in this study will receive treatment according to routine care, as this is an observational study. The exposed group will consist of pregnant women exposed to abrocitinib during pregnancy. The unexposed group will consistent of pregnant women with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis who are not exposed to abrocitinib during pregnancy. The study will compare the experiences of pregnant women receiving abrocitinib to pregnant women who do not. This will help us determine if abrocitinib is safe during pregnancy. Participants will take part in this study until their infant is 12 months of age. During this time, the participant's care will be managed no differently than if she was not taking part in this study. Data will be collected through a virtual research coordinating center at enrollment, the end of the second trimester, and pregnancy outcome (live birth or fetal loss). For live-born infants, data on the infants will be collected at 4 and 12 months of age. No additional visits beyond routine care will be required.