Conference summaries


CLINICAL TRIALS

PSORIASIS

Efficacy and safety of ixekizumab in a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in paediatric patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis

Presented by: Prof. Kim A. Papp, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

ATOPIC DERMATITIS

Efficacy and safety of baricitinib in combination with topical corticosteroids in moderate to severe atopic dermatitis: results of a phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 16-week trial (BREEZE-AD7)

Presented by: Prof. Kristian Reich, Translational Research in Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and Skinflammation® Center, Hamburg, Germany

PRURIGO NODULARIS

Phase 2b study of nemolizumab in patients with moderate to severe prurigo nodularis and associated severe pruritus

Presented by: Prof. Sonja Ständer, Department of Dermatology and Center for Chronic Pruritus (KCP), University Hospital Münster, Germany

VITILIGO

Efficacy and safety of a 52-week, randomized, double-blind trial of ruxolitinib cream for the treatment of vitiligo

Presented by: Dr. Amit G. Pandya, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
 

EMERGING TERAPIES

PSORIASIS

Emerging therapies for psoriasis

Presented by: Prof. Michel Gilliet, Department of Dermatology, Lausanne CHUV, Switzerland

ATOPIC DERMATITIS

New and emerging therapies in atopic dermatitis

Presented by: Prof. Dagmar Simon, Department of Dermatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

ONYCHOMYCOSIS

Emerging treatments for onychomycosis

Presented by: Dr. Ditte Marie L. Saunte, Department of Dermatology, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
 

REVIEW & UPDATES

ACNE & ROSACEA

Isotretinoin for acne and rosacea

Presented by: Dr. Pedro Mendes-Bastos, Dermatology Centre, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal

ALOPECIA AREATA

New drugs for alopecia areata

Presented by: Prof. Spyridon Gkalpakiotis, Department of Dermatovenereology, Third Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic.

DERMATOSURGERY

Update in dermatosurgery

Presented by: Prof. Eduardo Nagore, Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain

EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA

New start of gene therapy in epidermolysis bullosa

Presented by: Prof. Leena K. Bruckner-Tuderman, University Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany

MELANOMA

Treatment resistance in metastatic melanoma

Presented by: Prof. Martin Röcken, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany

SCAR TREATMENT

Future of medical scar treatment

Presented by: Prof. Gabriella Fabbrocini, Department of Dermatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
 

EDUCATION FORUM

NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER

Systemic treatments of non-melanoma skin cancer

Presented by: Prof. Henrik F. Lorentzen, Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark