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. 2020 Apr 6;12(4):e7565. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7565

Table 2. Efficacy of dupilumab.

Combination therapy refers to dupilumab plus topical corticosteroids.

SCORAD, Scoring Atopic Dermatitis; EASI, Eczema Area and Severity Index; Pruritus NRS, Pruritus Numeric Rating Scale; DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index; IGA, Investigator Global Assessment; EASI-50, 50% reduction in EASI score; EASI-75, 75% reduction in EASI score; SCORAD sleep VAS, Scoring Atopic Dermatitis sleep Visual Analogue Scale

Authors Year Efficacy
    Change in SCORAD (from baseline) Change in EASI score Change in Pruritus NRS score (from baseline) Change in DLQI score (from baseline) Patients achieving IGA score 0 or 1
Thaçi et al. [23] 2016 −56·9%  –73.7% (from Baseline) −46·90% −59·0%  33%
Beck et al. [24] 2014   Combination therapy EASI-50 = 100% (p < 0.05) Dupilumab monotherapy EASI-50 = 85% (p < 0.001) Combination therapy EASI-75 = 62% Dupilumab monotherapy EASI-75 = 62% Dupilumab monotherapy = −55.7% Combination therapy = −70.7% (p < 0.05)   Dupilumab monotherapy = 40% (p < 0.001) Combination therapy = 52%
Blauvelt et al. [25] 2017 Combination therapy = −63·3% (p < 0·0001) Combination therapy EASI-75 = 64% (p < 0·0001) and EASI-50 = 78% (p < 0·0001) Combination therapy = −4·1 (p < 0·0001) Combination therapy = –10.5 (p < 0.0001) Combination therapy = 39% (p < 0·0001)
Guttman-Yassky et al. [26] 2019 −54.8% (p < 0.0001)  EASI-75 = 66.7% (p = 0·0001) and EASI-50 = 77.8% (p < 0·0001) −51.5% (p = 0.0027)   37.0% (p = 0.0006)
Davis et al. [29] 2018   EASI-75 = 78.6% and EASI-50 = 92.9%      50%
Hamilton et al. [27] 2014   EASI-50 = 71.4%      
Simpson et al. [28] 2016 SCORAD sleep VAS = –4.3 (p < 0.0001)   –3.2 (p < 0.0001) –9.3 (p < 0.0001)  
Blauvelt et al. [30] 2019   EASI-50 = 72.2% and EASI-75 = 53.6% –4.46   44.30%