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Jan 14, 2025 | 
healio.com | Gabrielle Capaldo |Kristen Dowd |Andrew Alexis
You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: Allowing patients to self-report race and ethnicity, in addition to objective measures, can foster a diverse study.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Andrew Alexis |Amy J. McMichael |Tina Bhutani
Key PointsQuestion Can innovative clinical trial design overcome barriers to recruiting and retaining participants with psoriasis and skin of color? Findings This quality improvement study found that the VISIBLE trial achieved broad diversity among its approximately 200 participants through self-identification of race and ethnicity and inclusion of all skin types.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Joachim W Fluhr |Andrew Alexis |Anneke Andriessen |Peter Nissen Bjerring
Introduction In the literature, the term senile xerosis has been used for aging populations that show symptoms of xerosis. However, the etiology of xerosis and age of occurrence lack definition. The panel proposes the term mature xerosis be used for subjects over 50 who suffer from age-related xerosis and replace senile xerosis to describe the phenomenon.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
dermatologytimes.com | Andrew Alexis
July 17, 2024By An expert on vitiligo discusses the case of a 49-year-old woman with a history of vitiligo who presents with depigmented macules on her abdomen, thighs, and forearms that developed over 2 months. Video content above is prompted by the following questions:What is your impression of this case? What challenges does this case present with, if any? What considerations should be taken into account when treating a patient with worsening vitiligo involving large BSA?
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
dermatologytimes.com | Andrew Alexis
July 17, 2024By Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, reviews the case of a 66-year-old woman who presented with depigmented patches and provides clinical insights on barriers typically encountered during the management of this condition. Video content above is prompted by the following questions:Where would you go from here, treatment-wise? What is your experience combining topical therapy with NB-UVB phototherapy?
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
dermatologytimes.com | Andrew Alexis
July 17, 2024By Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, presents the case of a 60-year-old man with a 5-year history of vitiligo who received topical ruxolitinib 1.5% cream and achieved gradual repigmentation over a six-month period. Video content above is prompted by the following questions:What is your impression of this case? What challenges does this case present with, if any? How do you decide when to consider transitioning to a different treatment vs continuing the current course?
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May 7, 2024 | 
healio.com | Gabrielle Capaldo |Kristen Dowd |Andrew Alexis
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Key takeaways: Trifarotene had a higher reduction in acne-induced hyperpigmentation vs. vehicle by week 24 (–18.9% vs. –11.3%). More adverse events occurred in the vehicles vs. trifarotene group (30.2% vs. 16.7%).
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Mar 9, 2024 | 
healio.com | Gabrielle Capaldo |Kristen Dowd |Andrew Alexis
You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: 50% of patients identified as having skin of color. In ADORING 1 and ADORING 2, 57.1% and 58.1% of patients, respectively, with skin types I to III and IV to VI achieved EASI 75 at week 8.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
hcplive.com | Andrew Alexis
Historically, psoriasis(PsO) was assumed to be rare among people other than White individuals; however, more recent research documents that this association is untrue.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
healio.com | Rebecca Forand |Kristen Dowd |Andrew Alexis
You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: Patients aged older than 65 often deal with xerosis, which leads to a host of skin changes. Using ceramide-containing cleansers and moisturizers and having regular body checks are recommended.
