Publication date: Available online 13 October 2016
Source:Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Author(s): Doris Weiss, Michaela Schaschinger, Robin Ristl, Robert Gruber, Tamara Kopp, Georg Stingl, Christine Bangert
BackgroundIt has recently been suggested that patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) may profit from anti-interleukin (IL)-12/-23 p40 therapy.ObjectiveWe sought to assess the immunologic effects of ustekinumab treatment on AD skin and to correlate them with the clinical efficacy of this drug.MethodsWe investigated the course of 3 patients with severe AD who were administered 45 mg of subcutaneous ustekinumab over a period of 16 weeks. Clinical scores and skin biopsy specimens, taken at baseline and at week 8, were used to assess changes in disease severity.ResultsAll patients showed a gradual improvement of the disease, achieving a 50% reduction in the Eczema Area and Severity Index score by week 16. Immunohistology of skin biopsy specimens revealed a significant decrease in the degree of epidermal hyperplasia/proliferation and the number of infiltrating dermal T cells, dendritic cells, and mast cells after treatment. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction of lesional skin, we found a clear reduction of T-helper 2-/22-associated molecules after therapy.LimitationsThe small number of patients (n = 3) limits efficacy analysis and warrants prospective placebo-controlled studies in larger patient cohorts.ConclusionBlocking IL-12/-23 p40 could be beneficial for a subgroup of patients with severely infiltrated AD.
Source:Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Author(s): Doris Weiss, Michaela Schaschinger, Robin Ristl, Robert Gruber, Tamara Kopp, Georg Stingl, Christine Bangert
BackgroundIt has recently been suggested that patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) may profit from anti-interleukin (IL)-12/-23 p40 therapy.ObjectiveWe sought to assess the immunologic effects of ustekinumab treatment on AD skin and to correlate them with the clinical efficacy of this drug.MethodsWe investigated the course of 3 patients with severe AD who were administered 45 mg of subcutaneous ustekinumab over a period of 16 weeks. Clinical scores and skin biopsy specimens, taken at baseline and at week 8, were used to assess changes in disease severity.ResultsAll patients showed a gradual improvement of the disease, achieving a 50% reduction in the Eczema Area and Severity Index score by week 16. Immunohistology of skin biopsy specimens revealed a significant decrease in the degree of epidermal hyperplasia/proliferation and the number of infiltrating dermal T cells, dendritic cells, and mast cells after treatment. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction of lesional skin, we found a clear reduction of T-helper 2-/22-associated molecules after therapy.LimitationsThe small number of patients (n = 3) limits efficacy analysis and warrants prospective placebo-controlled studies in larger patient cohorts.ConclusionBlocking IL-12/-23 p40 could be beneficial for a subgroup of patients with severely infiltrated AD.
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