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Hot Topics at a Glance
AARS Announcements
- Encourage your patients to visit our online Clinical Trials Search page on our website at: https://acneandrosacea.org/clinical-trials
- Email info@aarsmember.org to submit relevant clinical trials you offer in your office that acne, rosacea and hidradenitis suppurativa patients need to know about!
Industry News
- Former pharma exec nominated for top HHS post.
- BioPharmX receives concurrence from FDA on phase 3 acne study plans.
New Medical Research
- MABp1 targeting interleukin-1alpha for moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa not eligible for adalimumab: A randomized study.
- Heritability and GWAS analyses of acne in australian adolescent twins.
- PPARγ Pro12Ala and C161T polymorphisms in patients with acne vulgaris: Contribution to lipid and lipoprotein profile.
- The antimicrobial effect of CEN1HC-Br against propionibacterium acnes and its therapeutic and anti-inflammatory effects on acne vulgaris.
- Real-world efficacy of azelaic acid 15% gel for the reduction of inflammatory lesions of rosacea.
- Standard classification and pathophysiology of rosacea: The 2017 update by the National Rosacea Society Expert Committee.
- Towards global consensus on core outcomes for hidradenitis suppurativa research: An update from the HISTORIC consensus meetings I and II.
- Efficacy of microneedling with 70% glycolic acid peel vs microneedling alone in treatment of atrophic acne scars-A randomized controlled trial.
- Antibacterial activity of gold nanorods against staphylococcus aureus and propionibacterium acnes: misinterpretations and artifacts.
- IL-36 in hidradenitis suppurativa: Evidence for a distinctive pro-inflammatory role and a key factor in the development of an inflammatory loop.
Clinical Reviews
- Targeted treatments for hidradenitis suppurativa: A review of the current literature and ongoing clinical trials.
- Role of topical oxymetazoline for management of erythematotelangiectatic rosacea.
- Assessing the need for a comprehensive acne quality-of-life scale for face and torso acne.
- Evidence-based update on rosacea comorbidities and their common physiologic pathways.
- Hidradenitis suppurativa and diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Obesity and risk for incident rosacea in US women.
- Severe rosacea: A case report.
- Review of current immunologic therapies for hidradenitis suppurativa.
Patient Counseling / Communication
- Association of resilience with depression and health-related quality of life for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.
- Pain, psychological comorbidities, disability, and impaired qualify of life in hidradenitis suppurativa.