Atopic Polygenic Risk Score Is Associated with Paradoxical Eczema Developing in Patients with Psoriasis Treated with Biologics.

Biologic therapies for psoriasis can cause paradoxical eczema. The role of genetic factors in its pathogenesis is unknown. To identify risk variants, we conducted a GWAS of 3,212 patients with psoriasis, of whom 88 developed paradoxical eczema.

Home-based narrowband UVB, topical corticosteroid or combination for children and adults with vitiligo: HI-Light Vitiligo three-arm RCT.

Background: Systematic reviews suggest that narrowband ultraviolet B light combined with treatments such as topical corticosteroids may be more effective than monotherapy for vitiligo.

Objective: To explore the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of topical corticosteroid monotherapy compared with (1) hand-held narrowband ultraviolet B light monotherapy and (2) hand-held narrowband ultraviolet B light/topical corticosteroid combination treatment for localised vitiligo.

Design: Pragmatic, three-arm, randomised controlled trial with 9 months of treatment and a 12-month follow-up.

Randomized controlled trial of topical corticosteroid and home-based narrowband ultraviolet B for active and limited vitiligo: results of the HI-Light Vitiligo Trial.

Background: Evidence for the effectiveness of vitiligo treatments is limited.

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of (i) handheld narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) and (ii) a combination of potent topical corticosteroid (TCS) and NB-UVB, compared with TCS alone, for localized vitiligo.

Methods: A pragmatic, three-arm, placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial (9-month treatment, 12-month follow-up).

An economic evaluation of the randomized controlled trial of topical corticosteroid and home-based narrowband ultraviolet B for active and limited vitiligo (the HI-Light Vitiligo Trial).

Background: Economic evidence for vitiligo treatments is absent.

Objectives: To determine the cost-effectiveness of (i) handheld narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) and (ii) a combination of topical corticosteroid (TCS) and NB-UVB compared with TCS alone for localized vitiligo.

Methods: Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a pragmatic, three-arm, placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial with 9 months' treatment.

Poikilodermatous plaque-like hemangioma: Case series of a newly defined entity.

Background: We present a distinctive type of acquired vascular proliferation, for which we propose the name of poikilodermatous plaque-like hemangioma.

Objective: The aim of this study was to summarize the clinical and histopathologic features in a case series of poikilodermatous plaque-like hemangioma.

Methods: Sixteen cases were identified from the routine clinical and referral practices of the authors.

8th Georg Rajka International Symposium on Atopic Dermatitis: meeting report.

The 8th Georg Rajka International Symposium on Atopic Dermatitis was held in Nottingham in May 2014. The 3-day meeting featured a number of lectures by experts in the field of atopic dermatitis from around the world, as well as several original research presentations and a question and answer session. This paper aims to summarize the main oral presentations from the meeting, but is not meant to be a substitute for reading the conference proceedings and related references.