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Introduction

• Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, heterogeneous, relapsing-remitting disease 
characterized by intense itch and eczematous lesions.

• Two advanced systemic therapies are approved in adolescents with moderate-to-severe 
AD.

• This study describes demographic characteristics, clinical and patient-reported 
outcomes in adolescents with moderate-to-severe AD in the TARGET-DERM AD registry 
stratified by advanced systemic therapy (AST) treatment status.

1 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 2 Target RWE, Durham, North Carolina, 3 LEO Pharmaceuticals, Madison, New Jersey, 4 Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 5 University of 
California San Diego, San Diego, CA

Unmet Needs of Adolescents with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis in the TARGET-DERM Registry
Paller A1, Knapp K2, Munoz B2, Kalam A2, Claxton A3, Balu S3, Schneider S3,  Eichenfield L4,5
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Conclusions

• In adolescents with moderate-to-severe AD, nearly one-third did not progress to AST despite 

being eligible based on clinical and disease characteristics.

• Evaluation of prospective AST-treated showed more than 40% were not improved or had 

worsened at 12 weeks, on measures with n>=14. 

• Although physician-reported outcomes with n>=14 were largely improved by 52 weeks, 

patient-reported quality of life (CDLQI), depression, and anxiety were unchanged or 

worsened in >50% of prospectively treated AST.

• These real-world data suggest there is an unmet need to understand the reasons behind 

treatment inadequacies and potentially advancing more adolescents with moderate-to-

severe AD who meet criteria to AST, and that more treatment options are needed for this 

population.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

• Adolescent (12-17 years) at enrollment

• Moderate/severe AD defined by a score of 3 or 4 on validated
Investigator Global Assessment (vIGA-AD)

• At least one follow-up visit post-enrollment 

• Clinical trial patients excluded

AST-treatment groups

• AST-naïve (never AST-treated)

• AST-treated:

• Retrospective (initiated AST prior to enrolling in TARGET-
DERM AD)

• Prospective (initiated AST after enrolling in TARGET-DERM 
AD)

• Failed, stopped an AST and had either: a vIGA-AD increase or 
an AST-related adverse event

Methods

• TARGET-DERM AD, launched in 2019, is an ongoing, longitudinal, observational study of 
patients managed in clinical practice at 48 community (n=23) or academic (n=25) sites in 
the United States; first enrolled patients Jan. 25th, 2019, and the data herein spans the 
registry start date to November 11, 2022.

• Enrollment demographic, site, and clinical characteristics are analyzed descriptively

• Categorical variables are presented as numbers and percentages. Continuous variables are 
shown as means with standard deviation, medians, minimum and maximum

• ASTs considered in this study: dupilumab and upadacitinib

• Outcomes are only reported at each timepoint (enrollment, 12, 24, 36 and 52 weeks) if 
there were at least 14 patients with data on any given measure, at each timepoint

Longitudinal outcomes

Compared to enrollment, prospectively AST-treated patients were unimproved or 
worsened at 12 weeks on outcomes with n>=14, except where noted:
• Disease severity measures: vIGA-AD (43.9%), BSA (43.9%), vIGA x BSA (53.6%)
• PROs: PROMIS depression (66.7%) and PROMIS anxiety (60.0%)

Several PRO measures persisted as unimproved or worse vs enrollment to 24, 36, 52 
weeks, respectively 
• CDLQI (57.1%, 63.3%, and 55.0%)
• PROMIS Depression (69.5%, 66.7%, and 66.7%) 
• PROMIS Anxiety (65.2, 66.6, and 63.0%)

Acknowledgements and Disclosures: Target RWE communities are collaborations among
academic & community investigators, the pharmaceutical industry, and patient community
advocates. Target RWE communities are sponsored by TARGET PharmaSolutions Inc (d.b.a.,
Target RWE). The authors would like to thank all the investigators, participants, and research
staff associated with TARGET-DERM AD. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03661866.
AP has been an investigator with: AbbVie, AnaptysBio, Dermavant, Eli Lilly, Incyte, Janssen, Krystal, Regeneron, UCB; consultant with honorarium with: Abbvie, Acrotech, Almirall, Amgen, Amryt, Arcutis, Arena,
Azitra, BioCryst, BiomX, Boeringer Ingelheim, Botanix, Bridgebio, Castle Biosciences, Catawba, Eli Lilly, Exicure, Gilead, Incyte, Janssen, Kamari, Leo, Novartis, Pfizer, Pierre Fabre, RAPT, Regeneron, Sanofi/Genzyme,
Seanergy, UCB, Union; on a Data Safety Monitoring Board with: AbbVie, Abeona, Bausch, Bristol Myers Squibb, Galderma, Inmed, Novan; KK, BM, and AK are TARGET RWE employees and may hold options. AC, SB,
and SS are LEO Pharmaceutical employees and may hold options. EG is an employee of Mount Sinai and has received research grants research Grants paid to her institution: Boehringer Ingelheim, Leo Pharma, Pfizer,
Cara Therapeutics, UCB, Kyowa Kirin, RAPT, Amgen, GSK, Incyte, Sanofi, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Aslan, Regeneron, Anaptysbio, Concert, Janssen and has been a consultant with: Abbvie, Almirall, Amgen, Aslan
Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Biolojic Design, Boerhinger-Ingelhiem, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Cara Therapeutics, Connect, Pharma, DBV Technologies, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Evidera, Galderma, Gate Bio, Genentech,
Incyte, Inmagene, Janssen Biotech, Kyowa Kirin, Leo Pharma, Merck, Pfizer, Q32 Bio, RAPT, Regeneron, Sanofi, SATO, Siolta, Target, UCB, Ventyx

TARGET-DERM AD
All patients 

N=2930

Age 12-17
(N=364)

Study population N=128
• AST-naïve (n=40)
• AST-treated (N=88))

AST-treated N=88
• Moderate N=57
• Severe N=31
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• Prospective N=50
• Retrospective N=34
• Failed N=4

AST-naïve N=40
• Moderate N=28
• Severe N=12

Had 1+ follow-up visits 
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Moderate or severe AD: 
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(N=196)

Figure 1. Patient Disposition

Results

AST-usage

• Of 128 adolescents who met study criteria, 40 (31.3%) were AST-naïve, 34 (26.6%) were 
retrospectively-treated, 50 (39.1%) were prospectively-treated, and 4 (3.1%) were AST-
failed

• All AST treatment was dupilumab, no upadacitinib usage reported. Median days of 
dupilumab treatment was 500, 613, and 141 (retrospective, prospective and failed; 
p=0.01)

• Of 35 physicians, 25 (71%) were dermatologists and 7 (29%) allergists in this analysis. A 
dermatologist was the treating physician for AST-naïve (85%), AST-retrospective (94.1%), 
AST-prospective (96.0%) and AST-failed (100%). The remainder were treated by an 
allergist. Differences were not significant (p=0.14)

Enrollment outcomes

• At enrollment, there were no significant differences among treatment groups on 
demographic variables, physician specialty/site, vIGA-AD, and all PROs. 

• Significant enrollment differences were observed for median BSA (15% naïve, 18% 
retrospective, 40% prospective, 36% failed; p<0.01) and median vIGA-AD x BSA (45 
naïve, 49 retrospective, 113 prospective, 124 failed; p<0.01)

Demographic/concomitant treatment variables

• Patient demographics

• Site and physician type

• Prior and concomitant topical AD therapy (any, calcineurin 
inhibitor, corticosteroid, phosphodiesterase)

Disease severity measures:

• vIGA-AD (scores 0-4)

• Body Surface Area (BSA) (score %)

• vIGA-AD x BSA (score 0-400)

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• PO-SCORAD: Patient-Oriented Scoring Atopic 

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