Real-world Effectiveness and Safety of Lebrikizumab in Atopic Dermatitis: A TREATgermany Analysis

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Contributors

  • Barbara Kind - , Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare (Author)
  • Christina Pham - , Hannover Medical School (MHH) (Author)
  • Luise Heinrich - , Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare (Author)
  • Tatjana Honstein - , Hannover Medical School (MHH) (Author)
  • Annice Heratizadeh - , Hannover Medical School (MHH) (Author)
  • Inken Harder - , University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Author)
  • Dora Stölzl - , University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Author)
  • Petra Staubach-Renz - , University Medical Center Mainz (Author)
  • Thomas Schaefer - , KLINIK am RING (Author)
  • Susanne Abraham - , Department of Dermatology, Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare, University Allergy Centre (Author)
  • Matthias Augustin - , University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf (Author)
  • Jutta Ramaker-Brunke - , Dermatology Practice of Frau Dr. med. Jutta Ramaker-Brunke (Author)
  • Andreas Pinter - , University Hospital Frankfurt (Author)
  • Kathrin Meinhardt - , Practice Kathrin Meinhardt (Author)
  • Sven Quist - , Helix Medical Ecellence Center Mainz (Author)
  • Sabine Anders - , Practice Dr. med. Sabine Anders (Author)
  • Beate Schwarz - , Practice Dr. Med. Beate Schwarz (Author)
  • Michael Schulz-Kiesow - , Practice Dr. med. Inken Reimers & Dr. med. Michael Schulz-Kiesow (Author)
  • Sabine Steinke - , Hohenzollernring Dermatology Practice (Author)
  • Nicole Adler - , Hautärzte am Fastnachtsbrunnen, FÄ Nicole Adler (Author)
  • Christiane Handrick - , Dermatology practice Dr. Med. Christiane Handrick (Author)
  • Knut Schaekel - , Universitätsmedizin Mannheim (Author)
  • Michael Sticherling - , University Hospital at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Anne Bong - , Practice Dr. Med. Anne Bong (Author)
  • Felix D Jacobs - , DERMAKULM Hautarztpraxis Dr. Jacobs & Kollegen (Author)
  • Bernd Großmann - , MVZ Fokus Haut (Author)
  • Maren Stahl - , Practice Dr. med. Maren Stahl (Author)
  • Carl-Philipp Buerkle - , Skin and laser medicine Kinzigtal (Author)
  • Hannah L Gorriahn-Maiterth - , DermaSANA Karlsruhe (Author)
  • Tilo Biedermann - , Klinikum Rechts der Isar (MRI TUM) (Author)
  • Jochen Schmitt - , Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare (Author)
  • Stephan Weidinger - , University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Author)
  • Thomas Werfel - , Hannover Medical School (MHH) (Author)

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is driven by type 2 inflammation, with interleukin-13 (IL-13) as one of the central operators. Lebrikizumab is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits IL-13 signalling. Adult patients with moderate-to-severe AD who received lebrikizumab in the TREATgermany registry until 12/2024 were selected, and patient characteristics as well as effectiveness and safety outcomes after 1, 3 and 6 months were evaluated. A total of 108 patients were initiated on lebrikizumab, with 80 having follow-up data available for this analysis ("registry cohort"). Forty-one patients were switched to lebrikizumab without a "washout period" from another advanced systemic therapy ("switchers"). The mean Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) decreased from 14.8 at baseline to 5.6 and 3.0 at month 3 and month 6 and was comparable between switchers and nonswitchers. Clinically meaningful improvements were also seen across all patient reported outcomes (PROs) equally in both groups, e.g. a decrease of the mean peak pruritus numeric rating scale (PP-NRS) from 6.6 to 3.8 and 3.4 and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) from 11.9 to 4.9 and 4.8. Overall, adverse events (AEs) were reported for 26.6% of patients within the first 3. The most frequently reported AE was conjunctivitis or other ocular complications, reported in 13 patients (20.3%). 32 patients (40%) had an initial EASI≥16 and were comparable to patients in lebrikizumab phase 3 studies. In this "trial-like" cohort, EASI-75 and EASI-90 response rates were 60% and 26.7% at month 3 and 70% and 50% at month 6. Lebrikizumab shows effectiveness in routine care well comparable to observations made in randomized controlled trials.

Details

Original languageEnglish
JournalActa dermato-venereologica
Volume106
Publication statusPublished - 13 Aug 2026
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC13470792
Scopus 105047152087

Keywords

Keywords

  • Humans, Dermatitis, Atopic/drug therapy, Female, Male, Treatment Outcome, Adult, Middle Aged, Antibodies, Monoclonal/adverse effects, Severity of Illness Index, Registries, Time Factors, Dermatologic Agents/adverse effects, Drug Substitution, Interleukin-13/antagonists & inhibitors, Aged, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized