Publications by authors named "Sarah Hannam"
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- The study aimed to compare the persistence of four biologic treatments (adalimumab, guselkumab, secukinumab, and ustekinumab) for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis in Australia, particularly looking at how prior biologic use affects treatment persistence.
- A retrospective analysis was conducted on data from 878 patients between 2015 and 2021, measuring how long patients continued their biologic treatment before stopping (persistence).
- Results showed that guselkumab had significantly longer persistence than the other three treatments, and patients who were new to biologics (bio-naïve) had better persistence than those who had used other biologics before
Kava dermopathy is a common cutaneous effect of regular or heavy use of Kava, a psychoactive beverage consumed widely throughout the Pacific. In Fiji in 2012, over 1000 study participants underwent full skin examination, and kava dermopathy was a common cutaneous finding. The clinical manifestations of kava dermopathy share similarities with the spectrum of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyoses, predominantly lamellar ichthyosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: One of the most common toxicities of cancer treatment is diarrhea. Probiotics have been shown effective at preventing diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease and may prove useful in the oncology setting.
Aim: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the probiotic mixture, VSL#3, for amelioration of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea (CID).