Measurement of Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) [9], Validated Investigator Global Assessment scale (vIGA) [10], SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) pruritus [11], and NRS sleep disturbance [12] scores at baseline (T0), 3 months (T1), 4 months (T2), 13 months (T3) after initiation of dupilumab treatment, including percentage changes from T0 to T2 and T0 to T3.
MBG: Conceptualization, Validation, Writing—review & editing. SS: Investigation, Writing—original draft. MR: Investigation, Writing—original draft. AZ: Validation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
Andrea Zanichelli received speaker/consultancy fees from and/or was a member of advisory boards for Astria Therapeutics, BioCryst, CSL Behring, KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Pharming, Pharvaris, Otsuka, and Takeda. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
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