Dupilumab Case Studies

If you have eczema--especially if you haven't found an effective treatment for your unbearably itchy skin--you may want to schedule an appointment with your dermatologist soon. For the first time in decades, there is a promising new treatment for eczema on the horizon. Dupilumab is being heralded as a breakthrough medication, and stock prices for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, its developer, are climbing fast. The research is very promising, and physicians are hopeful that they can begin to offer the new medicine to eczema sufferers as soon as 2017. But is this new treatment all it promises to be? Will dupilumab be the cure for eczema?

What is dupilumab?

Dupilumab is a treatment in a new medicine class called biologics. It treats inflamed skin systemically, rather than topically. Dupilumab is given as a shot every other week to calm the immune system. It targets specific signaling pathways of the immune system that researchers believe cause the inflamed skin of eczema. …show more content…
Dupilumab has gone through several clinical trials to test its effectiveness and has demonstrated convincing results at each phase. In its most recent testing, Phase 3, researchers selected 1,379 subjects with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis and randomly assigned them to receive dupilumab or a placebo. Those who were given dupilumab showed significant symptom improvement compared to those who were given the placebo.

When will dupilumab come on the U.S.