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Postepy Dermatol Alergol
December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Allergology, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Opole, Poland.
Introduction: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is defined as the appearance of itchy wheals and/or angioedema for at least 6 weeks. Cigarette smoking is one of the world's most common addictions. It is a cause of serious diseases such as renal cancer or thromboembolic incidents.
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January 2025
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 45 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA.
Background: Lanadelumab is the only long-term prophylaxis indicated for reduced administration frequency in patients with hereditary angioedema who have been well controlled for > 6 months. Understanding the characteristics of patients who reduce administration frequency will help identify populations where frequency modifications may be appropriate.
Objective: We aimed to describe characteristics of patients who did and did not reduce lanadelumab administration frequency to inform real-world dosing regimens, and characteristics indicative of sustained frequency reduction.
Patient
January 2025
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Background: In the context of injectable biologic products approved or in development for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), it is important to capture which treatment attributes matter most to patient and what trade-offs patients are willing to make.
Objectives: The CHOICE-CSU study aimed to quantify patient preferences toward injectable treatment attributes among patients with CSU, inadequately controlled by H1-antihistamines.
Methods: This was a two-phase cross-sectional patient preference study in adult patients with a diagnosis of CSU, inadequately controlled by H1-antihistamines.
Clin Exp Allergy
January 2025
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Cureus
December 2024
Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, CAN.
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), or myositis, are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that can affect multiple organs, including the muscles, skin, joints, lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal tract. While new-onset myositis has been reported following SARS-CoV-2 infection, cases associated with COVID-19 vaccination remain rare. We describe a unique case of severe progressive edematous facial myositis resembling angioedema in a 22-year-old man, with onset one to two weeks after receiving dual SARS-CoV-2 and influenza vaccinations.
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