Atopic Dermatitis
Conditions
Brief summary
As structured and detailed data on the management of AD, a common chronic inflammatory skin disease which has a high impact on patients' quality of life and socioeconomic burden, are not available in Switzerland, the planned registry will overcome this gap. It will provide data on the medical care of patients with AD for health care research and allow to study the efficacy and safety of approved and available therapies for AD in daily life.
Detailed description
A prospective, non-interventional, national multicenter study in patients with moderate-to-severe AD. According to the availability of approved systemic drugs for the treatment of AD, the study will include children ≥12 years, adolescents and adult patients. The general goal of the AD registry TREATswitzerland is to provide the scientific community with a disease-oriented prospective cohort of patients suffering from moderate-to-severe AD. The primary objective of the AD registry is the documentation of medical care given to patients with moderate-to-severe AD in order to assess the appropriateness of care. Further objectives of the AD registry are: 1. to evaluate the psychosocial impact of AD; 2. to provide up-to-date epidemiologic data that allow investigating risk factors for favorable or unfavorable disease courses and comorbidities; and 3. to establish a research network and foster clinical research projects. The study procedures include: * No study related intervention will be performed * Patients have to fulfill all inclusion criteria to be enrolled in the study. * Included patients are prospectively followed for at least 24 months. A maximum duration of follow-up is not intended. * During the observation period, standardized study visits are performed to prospectively document patient characteristics, clinical data, patient-reported outcomes, reasons for treatment decisions, and satisfaction with treatment.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥ 12 years * AD according to the UK Working Party's Diagnostic Criteria (28) * Moderate to severe AD as defined by * objective SCORAD \> 20 or IGA ≥ 3 (moderate) or * currently on systemic antiinflammatory therapy for AD or * previous systemic antiinflammatory therapy for AD within past 24 months
Exclusion criteria
* refusal to sign the informed consent form
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the type of systemic therapy used in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis | 24 months | assess medical substances given systemically to treat AD |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| assessment of past treatment and current treatment | 24 months | assess specific medical substances (name, dosage, duration of therapy, clinical effects, adverse effects) |
| assessment of concomitant topical therapy for AD and concomitant treatment | 24 months | describe medical substances given for AD skin therapy (e.g. topical corticosteroids) and topical calcineurin inhibitors), and medical substances given for concomitant diseases |
| assessment of past and current comorbidities | 24 months | describe diseases |
| change in subjective and objective SCORAD (SCORing Atopic Dermatitis) | 24 months | outcome measure for disease severity |
| assessment of patients demographic data | 24 months | assess sex (male, female), age (years) |
| change in DLQI (Dermatology Life Quality Index) | 24 months | Patient-reported outcome measure for skin-related quality of life |
| change in POEM (Patient Oriented Eczema Measure) | 24 months | Patient-reported outcome measure for atopic eczema severity |
| change in RECAP (Recap of atopic eczema) | 24 months | Patient-reported outcome measure to capture eczema control |
| change in EASI (Eczema Area and Severity Index) | 24 months | Investigator-assessed outcome measure for disease severity |
Countries
Switzerland
Contacts
Primary ContactDagmar Simon, Prof. Dr. med.
Outcome results
None listed