{"title":"Alopecia Areata-Specific Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Emadodin Darchini-Maragheh, Anthony Moussa, Nicole Yoong, Laita Bokhari, Leslie Jones, Rodney Sinclair","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6660","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Alopecia areata (AA) has a high prevalence worldwide and causes considerable morbidity in patients. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have become an important component of clinical outcome assessment. The quality of existing AA-specific PRO measures (PROMs) has not been evaluated to date.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify and critically appraise the quality of the measurement properties of existing AA-specific PROMs and provide evidence-based recommendations on the most valid PROMs.</p><p><strong>Evidence review: </strong>Using the predefined eligibility criteria, a systematic search was undertaken using 3 databases to screen the literature for available AA-specific PROMs after 2000. Original developmental studies and related validation studies that reported at least 1 measurement property of the primary PROM were retrieved. The Consensus Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments guidelines were used to examine the quality of the psychometric properties of retrieved PROMs. The quality of evidence was graded using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach. Data were analyzed from April to July 2024.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>A total of 15 articles were identified, including 8 developmental studies (describing 11 PROMs) and 7 validation studies. Three PROMs (Scale of Alopecia Areata Distress, Alopecia Areata Quality of Life Index, and Alopecia Areata Patients' Quality of Life) were AA-specific health-related quality-of-life instruments. Five instruments were single-item symptom-based PROMs (PRO measures for eyebrow, eyelash, nail appearance, and eye irritation, and Scalp Hair Assessment PRO). Three PROMs (Alopecia Areata Patient Priority Outcomes [AAPPO], Alopecia Areata Severity Self-Assessment, and Alopecia Areata Symptom Impact Scale) were based on both constructs. All PROMs were developed based on adult individuals. Seven PROMs (Scale of Alopecia Areata Distress, AAPPO, and all 5 symptom-based PROMs) featured very good development design. Content validity was the most frequently reported measurement property, rated to be sufficient for 8 PROMs. Internal consistency was reported for 5 PROMs with sufficient quality. AAPPO was the only PROM with high-quality evidence of sufficient structural validity and internal consistency. AAPPO was also the only PROM assessed for test-retest reliability, which was judged to be sufficient. No study reported measurement error.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This systematic review shows that there is still an unmet need for high-quality validation studies on the internal structure of AA-specific PROMs. Recommendations have been provided to help improve the rigor of the validation of AA-specific PROMs. Use of standards in psychometric testing of instruments could enhance the quality of instruments.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143556853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6265
Manuel P Pereira, Martin Metz
{"title":"Improvement of Prurigo Nodularis With Erenumab.","authors":"Manuel P Pereira, Martin Metz","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6265","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"338-340"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143189497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5129
Kristy K Broman, Qingrui Meng, Anna Holmqvist, Nora Balas, Joshua Richman, Wendy Landier, Lindsey Hageman, Elizabeth Ross, Alysia Bosworth, Hok Sreng Te, Britany Hollenquest, F Lennie Wong, Ravi Bhatia, Stephen J Forman, Saro H Armenian, Daniel J Weisdorf, Smita Bhatia
{"title":"Incidence of and Risk Factors for Cutaneous Malignant Neoplasms After Blood or Marrow Transplant.","authors":"Kristy K Broman, Qingrui Meng, Anna Holmqvist, Nora Balas, Joshua Richman, Wendy Landier, Lindsey Hageman, Elizabeth Ross, Alysia Bosworth, Hok Sreng Te, Britany Hollenquest, F Lennie Wong, Ravi Bhatia, Stephen J Forman, Saro H Armenian, Daniel J Weisdorf, Smita Bhatia","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5129","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Cutaneous malignant neoplasms are the most common subsequent neoplasm after blood or marrow transplant (BMT), but a full assessment among survivors is lacking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify risk factors for subsequent cutaneous malignant neoplasms using the BMT Survivor Study (BMTSS).</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent transplant from 1974 to 2014 at City of Hope, University of Minnesota, or University of Alabama at Birmingham and survived 2 years or longer, as well as a comparison cohort of siblings. Both groups completed the BMTSS survey. Data analysis took place from October 2022 to October 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Demographics, pre-BMT and BMT-related therapeutic exposures, chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD), and posttransplant immunosuppression.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Incident cutaneous malignant neoplasms (basal cell carcinoma [BCC], squamous cell carcinoma [SCC], and melanoma) after BMT. Exposures were evaluated for association with subsequent neoplasms using proportional subdistribution hazards models (reported as subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR] and 95% CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 3880 BMT survivors (median [range] age at BMT, 44.0 [0-78.0] years; 2165 [55.8%] male; 190 [4.9%] Black, 468 [12.1%] Hispanic, 2897 [74.7%] non-Hispanic White, and 325 [8.4%] of other race [including Asian and Pacific Islander] and multiracial) who were followed up for a median (range) of 9.5 (2.0-46.0) years, 605 developed 778 distinct cutaneous neoplasms (BCC, 321; SCC, 231; melanoma, 78; and unknown type, 148). The 30-year cumulative incidence of any cutaneous malignant neoplasm was 27.4% (BCC, 18.0%; SCC, 9.8%; and melanoma, 3.7%). Seventy-year cumulative probabilities of BCC, SCC, and melanoma were considerably higher in BMT survivors than siblings (18.1% vs 8.2%, 14.7% vs 4.2%, and 4.2% vs 2.4%, respectively). Among BMT survivors, risk factors for subsequent cutaneous malignant neoplasms included age of 50 years and older at BMT (BCC: SHR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.36-2.29; SCC: SHR, 3.37; 95% CI, 2.41-4.72), male sex (BCC: SHR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.10-1.75; SCC: SHR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.39-2.45), pre-BMT monoclonal antibody exposure (BCC: SHR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.27-2.31), allogeneic BMT with cGVHD (BCC: SHR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.06-2.08; SCC: SHR, 2.61; 95% CI, 1.68-4.04 [reference: autologous BMT]), post-BMT immunosuppression (BCC: SHR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.24-2.14; SCC: SHR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.09-2.02; melanoma: SHR, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.16-3.12), and transplant at City of Hope (BCC: SHR, 3.55; 95% CI, 2.58-4.89; SCC: SHR, 3.57; 95% CI, 2.34-5.47 [reference: University of Minnesota]) or University of Alabama at Birmingham (BCC: SHR, 2.35; 95% CI, 1.35-4.23; SCC: SHR, 2.63; 95% CI, 1.36-5.08 [reference: University of Minnesota]). Race and ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White were protective ","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"265-273"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923705/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5391
Nathaly Gonzalez, Kamina Wilkerson, Herbert Castillo Valladares, Maria Elena Sanchez-Anguiano, Aileen Y Chang, Erin H Amerson
{"title":"Latine Patients' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experience With Psoriasis.","authors":"Nathaly Gonzalez, Kamina Wilkerson, Herbert Castillo Valladares, Maria Elena Sanchez-Anguiano, Aileen Y Chang, Erin H Amerson","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5391","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>In the US, Latine patients disproportionately experience severe psoriasis, limited access to care, and poor disease-related quality of life. However, little is known about psoriasis in this growing US population.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore Latine patients' perception of their illness and their attitudes toward and experiences with the health care system, treatment, and research.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>In this qualitative study, a thematic analysis was performed of in-depth, semistructured interviews of 30 Latine adults with moderate to severe psoriasis at an outpatient dermatology clinic in an urban safety-net hospital. All patients included had psoriasis diagnosed by a dermatologist and were defined as having moderate to severe psoriasis if systemic treatment was offered at any time during their disease course. Interviews were held between July 7 and August 3, 2022. Data saturation was used to determine sample size.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Interviews were conducted in English or Spanish, audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and translated. Transcripts were then coded through an iterative process, and themes were identified through thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 30 participants included, the mean (SD) age was 50 (11) years, 20 (67%) were male, and 22 (73%) preferred Spanish. Among 15 participants who disclosed their country of origin or ancestry, 7 (23%) were from Mexico; 4 (13%), Guatemala; 2 (7%), El Salvador; 1 (3%), Honduras; 1 (3%), Nicaragua; and 1 (3%), Peru. Six interrelated themes describing participant experiences were identified: (1) illness perception of psoriasis, (2) reliance on sociofamilial connections for medical decision-making, (3) impact of psoriasis on work life, (4) barriers to accessing quality dermatologic care, (5) receptiveness to prescription and nonprescription treatments, and (6) positive perception and interest toward research.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>The findings of this study highlight the impact of psoriasis on Latine individuals, the efforts made by this population to overcome health disparities, their positive perception toward biologic medications, and their interest in participating in biomedical research. Future investigations should assess educational interventions and further explore the preferences of Latine patients toward biologic medications and biomedical research.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"291-298"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923718/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142949154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5447
Umber Dube, Meagan Corliss, Kevin M Bowling, Jonathan W Heusel, Carrie C Coughlin
{"title":"Age, Sex, and Anatomical Location Patterns in Cutaneous Pyogenic Granuloma Cases.","authors":"Umber Dube, Meagan Corliss, Kevin M Bowling, Jonathan W Heusel, Carrie C Coughlin","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5447","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Cutaneous pyogenic granulomas (PGs) are commonly encountered, benign, vascular tumors, in which epidemiologic factors have been variably reported, in part, due to sample size limitations and a focus on either adult or pediatric patients.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assemble a large dataset of pathologically diagnosed PGs across the continuum of age and investigate patterns of PGs by demographic factors, including age, sex, and anatomical location.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective case series included case reports of patients with pathologically confirmed PGs of cutaneous origin reported between April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2020. The pathology database at a large tertiary academic center in the Midwestern US was queried for case reports that included the term pyogenic granuloma or lobular capillary hemangioma. Individuals were included in the analytic sample if they had a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of a PG. PG cases were excluded if they included PG only as a part of the pathological differential diagnoses; were recurrent; or were of noncutaneous origin. These data were analyzed between March 2022 and March 2023.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The main outcomes were sex biases in frequency overall, by anatomical region, and by left-right laterality using exact binomial tests. Additional outcomes included differences in age-by-sex distribution overall and by anatomical region using Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1009 unique pathologically confirmed PG records from 987 individuals, 376 individuals (38.1%) were younger than 18 years, of whom 122 (32.4%) were female. A total of 611 individuals were 18 years and older, of whom 364 (59.6%) were female. Overall, PGs between male and female individuals were equally distributed for all anatomical locations except lower extremities, in which females were more frequently affected. The distribution of PGs by age was significantly different between male and female individuals, with this difference primarily associated with the head/neck and trunk but not with upper extremity or lower extremity anatomical locations. Neither left-right laterality bias among upper extremity PGs nor anterior-posterior bias among truncal PGs was observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this retrospective case series, an age-by-sex interaction was found in the incidence of PGs, with PGs on the head/neck and trunk being more common in males younger than 20 years and in females 20 to 50 years of age. These findings suggest that trauma may not be a major etiologic factor for PGs. Future studies are necessary to confirm this and to understand the causes of the age-by-sex interaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"305-309"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143005456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6063
Shayan Waseh, Sylvia Hsu, Mark G Lebwohl
{"title":"Comments on Consensus for Generalized Pustular Psoriasis.","authors":"Shayan Waseh, Sylvia Hsu, Mark G Lebwohl","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6063","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"340-341"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143005518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6433
F Buket Basmanav, Young-Ae Lee, Regina C Betz
{"title":"Clinical Implications of Genetic Discoveries on Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia.","authors":"F Buket Basmanav, Young-Ae Lee, Regina C Betz","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6433","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.6433","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"244-246"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA dermatologyPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5103
Andrew Alexis, Amy McMichael, Neelam Vashi, Tina Bhutani, Adrian O Rodriguez, Jensen Yeung, Olivia Choi, Daphne Chan, Theodore Alkousakis, Denise N Bronner, Laura Park-Wyllie, Long-Long Gao, Pearl Grimes, Mona Shahriari, Geeta Yadav, Chesahna Kindred, Susan C Taylor, Seemal R Desai
{"title":"Improving Diversity in a Novel Psoriasis Study: VISIBLE as a Framework for Clinical Trial Quality Improvement.","authors":"Andrew Alexis, Amy McMichael, Neelam Vashi, Tina Bhutani, Adrian O Rodriguez, Jensen Yeung, Olivia Choi, Daphne Chan, Theodore Alkousakis, Denise N Bronner, Laura Park-Wyllie, Long-Long Gao, Pearl Grimes, Mona Shahriari, Geeta Yadav, Chesahna Kindred, Susan C Taylor, Seemal R Desai","doi":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5103","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.5103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Diverse racial and ethnic representation in clinical trials has been limited, not representative of the US population, and the subject of pending US Food and Drug Administration guidance. Psoriasis presentation and disease burden can vary by skin pigmentation, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic differences. Overall, there are limited primary data on clinical response, genetics, and quality of life in populations with psoriasis and skin of color (SoC). The Varying Skin Tones in Body and Scalp Psoriasis: Guselkumab Efficacy and Safety trial (VISIBLE) is underway and uses strategies aimed at addressing this persistent gap.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the innovative strategies used in the VISIBLE trial to recruit and retain diverse participants in a randomized clinical trial of psoriasis in participants with SoC.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This was an ad hoc quality improvement assessment of participant recruitment and retention approaches used by the VISIBLE trial. VISIBLE enrolled and randomized 211 participants (mean [SD] age, 43 [13] years; 75 females [36%] and 136 males [64%]) with SoC and moderate to severe plaque psoriasis from August 2022 to March 2023 to evaluate guselkumab treatment. The self-identified race and ethnicity of the participants was: 1 American Indian/Alaska Native (0.5%), 63 Asian (29.9%), 24 Black (11.4%), 94 Hispanic/Latino (44.5%), 13 Middle Eastern (6.2%), 1 Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian (0.5%), 12 multiracial (5.7%), and 3 of other race and/or ethnicity (1.4%). Using a combination of objective (colorimetry to determine Fitzpatrick skin type) and self-reported (race and ethnicity consistent with SoC) parameters, VISIBLE sought to broaden inclusion of participants from various backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Observed improvements were that participant enrollment occurred approximately 7 times faster than anticipated (vs historical recruitment data for psoriasis studies); 211 participants (100%) self-identified themselves as a race or ethnicity other than White; and more than 50% had skin tone in the darker half of the Fitzpatrick skin type spectrum (type IV-VI). Innovations implemented by VISIBLE were (1) assessment of the natural history of postinflammatory pigment alteration and improvements over time using combined objective colorimetry and clinician- and patient-reported outcomes; (2) evaluation of genetic and comorbidity biomarkers relevant to participants with SoC; (3) a diverse demographic-driven approach to site selection (emphasizing investigator and staff diversity and experience with populations with SoC); (4) provision of cultural competency training to enhance participant enrollment and retention; (5) collection of patient-reported outcomes data in participants' primary language; and (6) periodic, blinded central review and feedback on investigator efficacy scoring to promote consistency and accuracy in evaluating ","PeriodicalId":14734,"journal":{"name":"JAMA dermatology","volume":" ","pages":"256-264"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923717/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}