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. 2024 Aug 6;2024(8):CD015064. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015064.pub2

Jensen 2013.

Study characteristics
Methods Trial design: randomised, double‐blind, within‐participant study
Trial registration number: EudraCT‐No. 2007‐003106‐99
Country, outpatient or hospital, date trial conducted: not reported
Duration of trial participation: 3 weeks
Inclusion criteria:
· Mild‐to‐moderate AD according to Hanifin and Rajka criteria
· Target lesion score of 3 to 8 (on a scale of 0‐12) for both right and left target lesions
· Symmetric AD lesions (not differing > 1 point between the right and left sides) affecting the upper limbs by at least 10%
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Additional design details: none
Participants Total number randomised: 30 sides treated (15 to apply the intervention and 15 to apply the comparator)
Age: 21 to 45 years
Sex: female n = 7, male n = 9
Ethnicity, duration of eczema: not reported
Severity of eczema: mild‐to‐moderate
Body site: upper limb
Number of withdrawals: not reported
Notes: none
Interventions Run‐in details: not reported
Intervention: pimecrolimus 1% cream used twice daily for 21 days
· Concurrent treatment: not reported
· Other key information: none
Comparator: triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% cream used twice daily for 21 days
· Concurrent treatment: not reported
· Other key information: none
Concurrent treatments received alongside both intervention and comparator: not reported
Notes: none
Outcomes · EASI
· Pruritus
Notes Funding source: not reported
Declarations of interest: two authors had been supported by grants from a pharmaceutical company, Novartis, and one was a consultant. One was employed by Novartis. Novartis manufactures primecrolimus.
Original language of publication: English
Other: none