Real‐World Experience of Dupilumab in Children and Adolescents With Atopic Dermatitis in Argentina
Current treatment guidelines suggest that patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) should be treated with systemic therapies, but evidence on its effectiveness in Latin America is limited. A nationwide, web-based survey was distributed among dermatologists managing children and adolescents with moderate-to-severe AD treated with dupilumab in Argentina to characterize and describe children and adolescents with AD who received dupilumab in a real-world setting. Data from 41 patients (median age: 11.23 years; female: 56.1%) revealed that 61% had developed AD by the age of 1 year or younger; atopic comorbidities were present in 70.7% (asthma 48.8%); methotrexate was the most frequently prescribed systemic therapy (58.5%); the median age at dupilumab initiation was 10 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 6.5-15) and median treatment duration was 1 year (IQR: 0-2). We conclude that treatment with dupilumab was highly effective in controlling moderate-to-severe AD refractory to conventional, guideline-recommended systemic therapies, with adequate control in 87.8% of cases.
Authors
- Margarita Larralde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3801-194X)
- Paula Boggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8519-2923)
- Verónica Salinas
- Romina Plafnik
- Aldana Almassio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-5138)
- Paula Carolina Luna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8002-4234)
- Alejandro Olivera
- Andrea Santos Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2443-018X)
- María Valeria Angles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2149-4308)
- Cecilia Crowe
- Bruno Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3554-7626)
- María Eugenia Abad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4280-9126)
- Leandro Perrotat
Institutions
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (AR)
- Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum (AR)
- Hospital Universitario Austral (AR)
- Hospital Ramos Mejía (AR)
- Hospital Provincial de Rosario (AR)
- Hospital Donación Francisco Santojanni (AR)
- Hospital Alemán (AR)
- Fundacion Allende (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.16047
- Primary Topic
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00