Physician-Reported Treatment Patterns in Moderate to Severe Chronic Hand Eczema: the RWEAL Multinational Medical Chart Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Evidence for moderate to severe chronic hand eczema (CHE) treatments in clinical practice is limited. The objective was to investigate treatment patterns in patients with moderate to severe CHE, and in those with an inadequate response to topical corticosteroids (TCS) or in whom TCS were contraindicated.

Methods

This was a multinational retrospective physician chart review. Physicians who routinely diagnosed and treated CHE were recruited in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK and provided data on adult patients with moderate to severe CHE treated with TCS over the past 12 months or for whom TCS were contraindicated.

Results

A total of 292 physicians provided data on 1939 patients. Worst severity of CHE in the 12-month study period was judge

SUBMITTER: Gimenez-Arnau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12619856 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature