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Papers: 22 May 2021 - 28 May 2021


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2021 May 20


Lancet

Once-daily upadacitinib versus placebo in adolescents and adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (Measure Up 1 and Measure Up 2): results from two replicate double-blind, randomised controlled phase 3 trials.

Authors

Guttman-Yassky E, Teixeira HD, L Simpson E, Papp KA, Pangan AL, Blauvelt A, Thaçi D, Chu C-Y, Hong C-HH, Kato N, Paller AS, Calimlim B, Gu Y, Hu X, Liu M, Yang Y, Liu J, Tenorio AR, Chu AD, Irvine AD
Lancet. 2021 May 20.
PMID: 34023008.

Abstract

Upadacitinib is an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor with greater inhibitory potency for JAK1 than JAK2, JAK3, and tyrosine kinase 2. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib compared with placebo for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.