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In which type of patient do you recommend a JAK inhibitor as first-line systemic therapy (biologic-naive) with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis?

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Dermatology · Duke University

A JAKi is almost never my first-line systemic therapy for AD. I generally reach for biologics targeting IL4/13 first and move to JAKi if those are ineffective or not tolerated. The main scenario where I would choose a JAKi first would be someone who had needle phobia or refused biologics.

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