MARIA IN YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT.
: A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH FOR
PATIENTS LIVING WITH SERIOUS
CASES OF ECZEMA.
ED: TODAY, THE FDA APPROVED A
NEW WAY TO TREAT IT.
AND AS NEWSCENTER 5'S EMILY
RIEMER TELLS US, IT COULD MEAN
RELIEF FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
LIVING WITH THE CONDITION.
EMILY: SINCE SHE WAS A BABY,
ANNE WARNOCK HAS LIVED WITH
SEVERE ECZEMA OR ATOPIC
DERMATITIS.
IN HER TEENS YEARS, THE
CONDITION TOOK A TURN FOR THE
WORSE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE A BURN
VICTIM.
EMILY ANGRY RED PATCHES CAN
: COVER THE BODY, OFTEN ON THE
FACE, ARMS AND LEGS.
THE ITCHING CAN BE UNBEARABLE.
>> IT'S HARD TO SLEEP, I DON'T
THINK I GOT A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP
THROUGHOUT MY TEENAGE YEARS AT
ALL.
EMILY: DR. ALEXA KIMBALL IS A
PHYSICIAN AT BETH ISRAEL
DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER.
SHE LED A LOCAL STUDY, PART OF A
NATIONAL CLINICAL TRIAL, FOR A
NEW DRUG CALLED DUPILUMAB.
NOW APPROVED BY THE FDA AS
DUPIXENT, THE INJECTABLE
MEDICATION TARGETS A SPECIFIC
PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAINFUL
CONDITION.
>> DUPILUMAB ITSELF IS
INTERACTING WITH THE IL-4
RECEPTOR AND HELPING TO AGAIN,
REDUCE THE REACTION THAT PEOPLE
WITH ATOPIC DERM'S SKIN IS
HAVING.
EMILY IN THE TRIAL, OF MORE THAN
: 2000 PEOPLE ENROLLED, UP TO
TWO-THIRDS SAW IMPROVEMENT,
REPORTING CLEAR OR NEARLY CLEAR
SKIN.
AND 4 IN 10 SAID ITCHING REDUCED
SHARPLY.
ANNE ENROLLED IN THE TRIAL 3
YEARS AGO AND SAYS WITHIN A
WEEK, SHE NOTICED A CHANGE.
COULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
>> NO.
WITHIN A MONTH, MY SKIN WAS
CLEAR.
IT FELT LIKE I WAS AN ACTUAL
PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY
WHOLE LIFE.
EMILY: UNTIL NOW, ATOPIC
DERMATITIS WAS TREATED WITH
TOPICAL MEDICATIONS OR STEROID
CREAMS WHICH HAVE THEIR OWN SIDE
EFFECTS, MAKING IT HARD TO STAY
ON THEM LONG-TERM.
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY THIS
TARGETED APPROACH APPEARS TO
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