Panelists discuss how despite recent therapeutic advances in atopic dermatitis treatment, significant unmet needs remain including partial responses, lack of long-term stable control, and the need for broader patient response rates and deeper clearance levels.
Panelists discuss how atopic dermatitis exhibits tremendous heterogeneity in clinical presentation, disease course, symptom variability, environmental triggers, and underlying immunologic and genetic factors that contribute to the challenge of developing one-size-fits-all treatments.
Panelists discuss how atopic dermatitis involves complex T-cell–mediated immune dysfunction beyond just Th2 pathways, with antigen-presenting cells driving naive T-cell activation and differentiation into multiple T-cell subsets that produce various inflammatory cytokines.
Panelists discuss how the OX40-OX40L costimulatory pathway represents a promising upstream target for atopic dermatitis treatment by modulating T-cell survival, expansion, and memory formation rather than targeting downstream cytokines.
Panelists discuss how the OX40-OX40L costimulatory pathway represents a promising upstream target for atopic dermatitis treatment by modulating T-cell survival, expansion, and memory formation rather than targeting downstream cytokines. Panelists discuss how targeting the OX40-OX40L pathway could potentially provide broader therapeutic effects across multiple T-cell subsets and offer more durable responses than current cytokine-specific or JAK inhibitor approaches.
Panelists discuss how OX40 pathway–targeted therapies may benefit specific patient subsets with particular immunologic profiles and could potentially modify the disease course when used early, although patient selection criteria remain unclear.
Panelists discuss how multiple OX40 pathway–targeted drugs are in development, including rocatinlimab (anti-OX40, cell depleting) and amlitelimab (anti-OX40L, nondepleting), both showing promising phase 2/3 results with potential for sustained responses.
Panelists discuss how OX40-pathway therapies may serve as first-line treatments after topicals due to their promising efficacy and safety profiles, though questions remain about optimal patient selection, long-term safety, and predictive biomarkers.
Experts discuss the OX40 pathway's potential to transform atopic dermatitis treatment, addressing unmet needs and promising new therapies for better patient outcomes.
