Research Summaries

Expert Q&A
Expert Q&A
05/20/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
With three FDA-approved treatments now available, clinicians must learn to spot the early signs and understand the evolving science behind hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a painful and stigmatizing disease....
05/20/2025
Research Summary
Research Summary
02/24/2025
Miranda Manier, BA
In their secondary analysis of the Surgery Versus Combined Treatment With Curettage and Imiquimod for Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma randomized clinical trial, researchers evaluated the 5-year efficacy of...
02/24/2025
Research Summary
Research Summary
02/05/2025
Miranda Manier, BA
A phase 3 trial evaluating apremilast in children and adolescents with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis showed improvements in disease severity compared with placebo over 16 weeks.
02/05/2025
Research Summary
Research Summary
01/28/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
A ceramide and niacinamide-containing moisturizer (CCM) significantly enhances acne treatment outcomes by reducing lesions and improving skin barrier function when used alongside standard anti-acne...
01/28/2025
Research Summary
Research Summary
01/13/2025
Miranda Manier, BA
A recent phase 3b long-term extension study assessed the safety and efficacy of deucravacitinib over 2 years in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
01/13/2025
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Research summary
08/15/2024
Jessica Ganga
Researchers sought to evaluate the risk of patients newly diagnosed with alopecia areata developing psychiatric or autoimmune disease after diagnosis.
08/15/2024
Research Summary
Research Summary
02/01/2024
Anthony Calabro, MA
Researchers evaluated the association between two surgical excision approaches and overall survival for patients with pathologically confirmed, localized, early-stage Merkel cell carcinoma.
02/01/2024
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research summary
10/26/2023
Leigh Precopio
Despite being approved for use, consensus among the real-world data on the use of IL-23 inhibitors in psoriatic disease has been lacking; therefore, researchers recently examined the drug survival and...
10/26/2023
Research Summary
Research Summary
10/23/2023
Anthony Calabro, MA
In a retrospective cohort study, researchers investigated the treatment patterns for adults in the United States with alopecia areata from 2015 to 2020.
10/23/2023
FDA Alert
FDA Alert
07/26/2023
Jessica Ganga
Following two trials, the FDA has approved the first treatment for molluscum contagiosum.
07/26/2023