Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-11-2023

Identifier

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1213889; PMCID: PMC10600400

Abstract

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is a predominantly drug-induced disease, with a mortality rate of 15-20%, that engages the expertise of multiple disciplines: dermatology, allergy, immunology, clinical pharmacology, burn surgery, ophthalmology, urogynecology, and psychiatry. SJS/TEN has an incidence of 1-5/million persons per year in the United States, with even higher rates globally. One of the challenges of SJS/TEN has been developing the research infrastructure and coordination to answer questions capable of transforming clinical care and leading to improved patient outcomes. SJS/TEN 2021, the third research meeting of its kind, was held as a virtual meeting on August 28-29, 2021. The meeting brought together 428 international scientists, in addition to a community of 140 SJS/TEN survivors and family members. The goal of the meeting was to brainstorm strategies to support the continued growth of an international SJS/TEN research network, bridging science and the community. The community workshop section of the meeting focused on eight primary themes: mental health, eye care, SJS/TEN in children, non-drug induced SJS/TEN, long-term health complications, new advances in mechanisms and basic science, managing long-term scarring, considerations for skin of color, and COVID-19 vaccines. The meeting featured several important updates and identified areas of unmet research and clinical need that will be highlighted in this white paper.

Journal Title

Front Med (Lausanne)

Volume

10

First Page

1213889

Last Page

1213889

Keywords

HLA genotyping; SCORTEN; Stevens-Johnson Syndrome; Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis; body surface area; electronic medical record; pharmacogenomics; severe adverse cutaneous drug reactions

Comments

Grants and funding

This work was partially supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Medicine, the University of Ottawa Department of Medicine, and the Canadian Dermatology Foundation. EP reports grants from National Institutes of Health (R01HG010863, R01AI152183, and U01AI154659) and from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this article, or the decision to submit it for publication. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Publisher's Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1213889/full

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