The Personalised Acne Care Pathway—Recommendations to guide longitudinal management from the Personalising Acne: Consensus of ExpertsCapsule Summary

Jerry Tan, MD; Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH; Hilary Baldwin, MD; Stefan Beissert, MD; Vincenzo Bettoli, MD; James Del Rosso, DO; Brigitte Dréno, MD, PhD; Linda Stein Gold, MD; Julie Harper, MD; Charles Lynde, MD; Diane Thiboutot, MD; Jonathan Weiss, MD; Alison M. Layton, MB ChB

JAAD International (Dec 2021)

The Personalised Acne Care Pathway—Recommendations to guide longitudinal management from the Personalising Acne: Consensus of ExpertsCapsule Summary

Jerry Tan, MD,
Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH,
Hilary Baldwin, MD,
Stefan Beissert, MD,
Vincenzo Bettoli, MD,
James Del Rosso, DO,
Brigitte Dréno, MD, PhD,
Linda Stein Gold, MD,
Julie Harper, MD,
Charles Lynde, MD,
Diane Thiboutot, MD,
Jonathan Weiss, MD,
Alison M. Layton, MB ChB

Affiliations

Jerry Tan, MD: Windsor Clinical Research Inc, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Windsor Campus, Ontario, Canada; Correspondence to: Jerry Tan, MD, Windsor Clinical Research Inc, 2224 Walker Rd, Suite 300, Windsor, Ontario, N8W 5L7 Canada.
Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH: Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
Hilary Baldwin, MD: Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey; The Acne Treatment and Research Center, Brooklyn, New York
Stefan Beissert, MD: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Vincenzo Bettoli, MD: Dermatology Unit – Teaching Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
James Del Rosso, DO: Thomas Dermatology, Las Vegas, Nevada; JDR Dermatology Research, Las Vegas, Nevada
Brigitte Dréno, MD, PhD: Dermato-cancérology Department, CHU Nantes, University of Nantes, Nantes, France
Linda Stein Gold, MD: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Julie Harper, MD: Dermatology and Skin Care Center of Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Charles Lynde, MD: University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, Markham, Ontario, Canada; Lynderm Research Inc, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Diane Thiboutot, MD: Department of Dermatology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Philadelphia
Jonathan Weiss, MD: Georgia Dermatology Partners, Snellville, Georgia
Alison M. Layton, MB ChB: Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom; Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5
pp. 101 – 111

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Background: Acne is a chronic disease with a varying presentation that requires long-term management. Despite this, the clinical guidelines for acne offer limited guidance to facilitate personalized or longitudinal management of patients. Objectives: To generate recommendations to support comprehensive, personalized, long-term patient management that address all presentations of acne and its current and potential future burden. Methods: The Personalising Acne: Consensus of Experts panel consisted of 13 dermatologists who used a modified Delphi approach to reach consensus on statements related to longitudinal acne management. The consensus was defined as ≥75% voting “agree” or “strongly agree.” All voting was electronic and blinded. Results: Key management domains, consisting of distinct considerations, points to discuss with patients, and “pivot points” were identified and incorporated into the Personalised Acne Care Pathway. Long-term treatment goals and expectations and risk of (or fears about) sequelae are highlighted as particularly important to discuss frequently with patients. Limitations: Recommendations are based on expert opinion, which could potentially differ from patients' perspectives. Regional variations in health care systems may not have been captured. Conclusions: The Personalised Acne Care Pathway provides practical recommendations to facilitate the longitudinal management of acne, which can be used by health care professionals to optimize and personalize care throughout the patient journey.

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ISSN: 2666-3287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dermatology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jaad-international

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