Latest Conference Articles

A meta-analysis found oral immunotherapy improves health-related quality of life post-food allergy treatment, but benefits during treatment remain unclear.

In new data to be presented at AAAAI, the therapy was well-tolerated in people as young as 2 years old.

By week 52, remibrutinib and placebo-to-remibrutinib groups had similar levels of urticaria control.

Data from 3 pooled phase 3 studies in children, adolescents, and adults will be presented at the AAAI/WAO Joint Congress.

A study found many patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria need add-on or higher-dose therapies, revealing gaps in treatment. Findings will be presented at AAAAI 2025.

At week 12, a higher proportion of participants on rilzabrutinib 1200mg a day (60.9%) achieved AAS7 scores of 0 than placebo-treated participants (30.8%).

Infants who develop atopic dermatitis show early cheek skin barrier dysfunction with delayed FLG processing, low ceramides, and high IL-18. The study will be presented at AAAAI 2025.

At 6 months, baseline monthly rates of 0.45 for mild, 1.54 for moderate, and 0.14 for severe attacks were reduced to 0.10, 0.08, and 0.00, respectively.

Bernstein discussed recent and upcoming research and management of angioedema in patients with urticaria.

Children with severe atopic dermatitis saw > 5 percentile height gains after 16 weeks of dupilumab, per a study to be presented at AAAAI 2025.

Around half of participants had insufficient vitamin D levels.

A study found the Skin Barrier Meter accurately measures skin barrier function in children with atopic dermatitis, offering a fast, non-invasive assessment within 5 seconds.

Fifteen of 16 patients with chronic ulcers in a small study had positive patch test to common wound care products.

A study found distinct DNA methylation patterns at birth linked to early-onset atopic dermatitis by age 2. Findings will be presented at AAAAI 2025.

New 2-year data from the BE HEARD program shed further light on the role bimekizumab in treatment algorithms for HS.

Avapritinib 25mg daily significantly improved quality of life (QoL), disease control, and basal serum tryptase (BST) levels.

A pooled analysis of LIBERTY-CSU CUPID Study A and Study C showed dupilumab reduces itch in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria by week 24.

Piatek discussed findings from a healthcare resource utilization study and a sentiment analysis study presented at ASH 2024.

Pipe discussed a symposium at ASH 2024 about practical implementation of gene therapy in the field.

Schultz discussed the SCtalk trial and its findings at ASH 2024.

Zaheer discussed how this research may be used as a model to help study other therapy transitions as well.

Bendapudi gave an overview of 2 studies presented at ASH 2024 from his Harvard lab.

Rani discussed an in-depth study examining quality of sleep and quality of life in children and adolescents with SCD.

Iron deficiency is currently screened at a ferritin threshold of 15 ug/mL, well below an accepted 25 ug/mL threshold.

Davidow discussed how a new cohort study has helped support findings of an older European study and the need for a prospective trial to confirm the increased risk.

Yehuda Handelsman, MD reflects on the WCIRDC 2024’s comprehensive approach to advancing cardiometabolic care through multidisciplinary collaboration.

Yehuda Handelsman, MD highlights insulin resistance’s role in cardiometabolic disease and introduces DCRM 2.0 as a global, multi-specialty care framework.

Weisinger discussed findings from the largest cohort of patients with iTTP treated with Obinutuzumab.

Nathan D. Wong, MPH, PhD discusses the evolution of Lp(a) in risk assessment, given its role as a genetic risk factor for cardiovascular complications.

Laurence Sperling, MD described the evolving role of cardiologists in obesity care, particularly with the increasing adoption of therapies such as GLP-1 agonists.