Study of Dupilumab Monotherapy Administered to Adult Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study to confirm the efficacy and safety of Dupilumab monotherapy in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD).

Timeline

Start

2014-10

Primary completion

2015-11

Completion

2016-02

Publications

• Results Simpson EL, Bieber T, Guttman-Yassky E, Beck LA, Blauvelt A, Cork MJ, Silverberg JI, Deleuran M, Kataoka Y, Lacour JP, Kingo K, Worm M, Poulin Y, Wollenberg A, Soo Y, Graham NM, Pirozzi G, Akinlade B, Staudinger H, Mastey V, Eckert L, Gadkari A, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD, Ardeleanu M; SOLO 1 and SOLO 2 Investigators. Two Phase 3 Trials of Dupilumab versus Placebo in Atopic Dermatitis. N Engl J Med. 2016 Dec 15;375(24):2335-2348. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1610020. Epub 2016 Sep 30.
• Langley RG, Gherardi G, Coleman A, Ardeleanu M, Rodriguez-Marco A, Levy S, Bansal A, Chen Z, Rossi AB, Shumel B, Khokhar FA. The Safety Data of Dupilumab for the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2025 Nov;26(6):981-1002. doi: 10.1007/s40257-025-00952-w. Epub 2025 Sep 24.
• Kamal MA, Kosloski MP, Lai CH, Partridge MA, Rajadhyaksha M, Kanamaluru V, Bansal A, Shabbir A, Shumel B, Ardeleanu M, Richards SM, Yan H, Xu CR, Rodriguez-Marco A, Xiao J, Khokhar FA, Gherardi G, Babilonia E, Maloney J, Mortensen E, Akinlade B, Braunstein N, Stahl N, Torri A, Davis JD, DiCioccio AT. Immunogenicity of dupilumab in adult and pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis. Front Immunol. 2024 Nov 11;15:1466372. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1466372. eCollection 2024.
• Silverberg JI, Lynde CW, Abuabara K, Patruno C, de Benedetto A, Zhang H, Thomas RB, Bego-Le-Bagousse G, Khokhar FA, Vakil J, Marco AR, Levit NA. Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab Maintained in Adults >/= 60 Years of Age with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis: Analysis of Pooled Data from Four Randomized Clinical Trials. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2023 May;24(3):469-483. doi: 10.1007/s40257-022-00754-4. Epub 2023 Feb 20.
• Paller AS, Silverberg JI, Cork MJ, Guttman-Yassky E, Lockshin B, Irvine AD, Kim MB, Kabashima K, Chen Z, Lu Y, Bansal A, Rossi AB, Shabbir A. Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab in Patients With Erythrodermic Atopic Dermatitis: A Post Hoc Analysis of 6 Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Mar 1;159(3):255-266. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.6192.
• Silverberg JI, Boguniewicz M, Hanifin J, Papp KA, Zhang H, Rossi AB, Levit NA. Dupilumab Treatment in Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis is Efficacious Regardless of Age of Disease Onset: a Post Hoc Analysis of Two Phase 3 Clinical Trials. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2022 Dec;12(12):2731-2746. doi: 10.1007/s13555-022-00822-x. Epub 2022 Oct 21.
• Wechsler ME, Klion AD, Paggiaro P, Nair P, Staumont-Salle D, Radwan A, Johnson RR, Kapoor U, Khokhar FA, Daizadeh N, Chen Z, Laws E, Ortiz B, Jacob-Nara JA, Mannent LP, Rowe PJ, Deniz Y. Effect of Dupilumab on Blood Eosinophil Counts in Patients With Asthma, Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps, Atopic Dermatitis, or Eosinophilic Esophagitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Oct;10(10):2695-2709. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.05.019. Epub 2022 May 28.
• Armstrong A, Blauvelt A, Simpson EL, Smith CH, Herranz P, Kataoka Y, Seo SJ, Ferrucci SM, Chao J, Chen Z, Rossi AB, Shumel B, Tomondy P. Continued Treatment with Dupilumab is Associated with Improved Efficacy in Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis Not Achieving Optimal Responses with Short-Term Treatment. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2022 Jan;12(1):195-202. doi: 10.1007/s13555-021-00643-4. Epub 2021 Dec 13.
• Paller AS, Tan JKL, Bagel J, Rossi AB, Shumel B, Zhang H, Abramova A. IGAxBSA composite for assessing disease severity and response in patients with atopic dermatitis. Br J Dermatol. 2022 Mar;186(3):496-507. doi: 10.1111/bjd.20872. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
• Griffiths C, de Bruin-Weller M, Deleuran M, Fargnoli MC, Staumont-Salle D, Hong CH, Sanchez-Carazo J, Foley P, Seo SJ, Msihid J, Chen Z, Cyr SL, Rossi AB. Dupilumab in Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis and Prior Use of Systemic Non-Steroidal Immunosuppressants: Analysis of Four Phase 3 Trials. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2021 Aug;11(4):1357-1372. doi: 10.1007/s13555-021-00558-0. Epub 2021 Jun 18.
• Hamilton JD, Harel S, Swanson BN, Brian W, Chen Z, Rice MS, Amin N, Ardeleanu M, Radin A, Shumel B, Ruddy M, Patel N, Pirozzi G, Mannent L, Graham NMH. Dupilumab suppresses type 2 inflammatory biomarkers across multiple atopic, allergic diseases. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Jul;51(7):915-931. doi: 10.1111/cea.13954. Epub 2021 Jun 26.
• Boguniewicz M, Beck LA, Sher L, Guttman-Yassky E, Thaci D, Blauvelt A, Worm M, Corren J, Soong W, Lio P, Rossi AB, Lu Y, Chao J, Eckert L, Gadkari A, Hultsch T, Ruddy M, Mannent LP, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Chen Z, Ardeleanu M. Dupilumab Improves Asthma and Sinonasal Outcomes in Adults with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Mar;9(3):1212-1223.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.12.059. Epub 2021 Jan 13.
• Silverberg JI, Simpson EL, Guttman-Yassky E, Cork MJ, de Bruin-Weller M, Yosipovitch G, Eckert L, Chen Z, Ardeleanu M, Shumel B, Hultsch T, Rossi AB, Hamilton JD, Orengo JM, Ruddy M, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Gadkari A. Dupilumab Significantly Modulates Pain and Discomfort in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis: A Post Hoc Analysis of 5 Randomized Clinical Trials. Dermatitis. 2021 Oct 1;32(1S):S81-S91. doi: 10.1097/DER.0000000000000698.
• Alexis AF, Rendon M, Silverberg JI, Pariser DM, Lockshin B, Griffiths CE, Weisman J, Wollenberg A, Chen Z, Davis JD, Li M, Eckert L, Gadkari A, Shumel B, Rossi AB, Graham NM, Ardeleanu M. Efficacy of Dupilumab in Different Racial Subgroups of Adults With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Three Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Trials. J Drugs Dermatol. 2019 Aug 1;18(8):804-813.
• Wollenberg A, Beck LA, Blauvelt A, Simpson EL, Chen Z, Chen Q, Shumel B, Khokhar FA, Hultsch T, Rizova E, Rossi AB, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Lu Y, Ardeleanu M. Laboratory safety of dupilumab in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis: results from three phase III trials (LIBERTY AD SOLO 1, LIBERTY AD SOLO 2, LIBERTY AD CHRONOS). Br J Dermatol. 2020 May;182(5):1120-1135. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18434. Epub 2019 Dec 1.
• Eichenfield LF, Bieber T, Beck LA, Simpson EL, Thaci D, de Bruin-Weller M, Deleuran M, Silverberg JI, Ferrandiz C, Folster-Holst R, Chen Z, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Akinlade B, Yancopoulos GD, Ardeleanu M. Infections in Dupilumab Clinical Trials in Atopic Dermatitis: A Comprehensive Pooled Analysis. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2019 Jun;20(3):443-456. doi: 10.1007/s40257-019-00445-7.
• Silverberg JI, Simpson EL, Ardeleanu M, Thaci D, Barbarot S, Bagel J, Chen Z, Eckert L, Chao J, Korotzer A, Rizova E, Rossi AB, Lu Y, Graham NMH, Hultsch T, Pirozzi G, Akinlade B. Dupilumab provides important clinical benefits to patients with atopic dermatitis who do not achieve clear or almost clear skin according to the Investigator's Global Assessment: a pooled analysis of data from two phase III trials. Br J Dermatol. 2019 Jul;181(1):80-87. doi: 10.1111/bjd.17791. Epub 2019 Apr 11.
• Simpson EL. Dupilumab Improves General Health-Related Quality-of-Life in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis: Pooled Results from Two Randomized, Controlled Phase 3 Clinical Trials. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2017 Jun;7(2):243-248. doi: 10.1007/s13555-017-0181-6. Epub 2017 May 13.

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