Placebo responders with moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa experience declines in inflammation as measured by C-reactive protein: a post hoc analysis of two double-blinded, randomized-controlled trials

• Simon J. Gunter, MPhil,
• Martina L. Porter, MD,
• Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH

Affiliations

Simon J. Gunter, MPhil

a Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Martina L. Porter, MD

b Clinical Laboratory for Epidemiology and Applied Research in Skin (CLEARS), Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH

b Clinical Laboratory for Epidemiology and Applied Research in Skin (CLEARS), Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts