The Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne published recommendations for the management of acne as a supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2003. The recommendations incorporated evidence-based strategies when possible and the collective clinical experience of the group when evidence was lacking. This update reviews new information about acne pathophysiology and treatment–such as lasers and light therapy–and relevant topics where published data were sparse in 2003 but are now available including combination therapy, revision of acne scarring, and maintenance therapy. The update also includes a new way of looking at acne as a chronic disease, a discussion of the changing role of antibiotics in acne management as a result of concerns about microbial resistance, and factors that affect adherence to acne treatments. Summary statements and recommendations are provided throughout the update along with an indication of the level of evidence that currently supports each finding. As in the original supplement, the authors have based recommendations on published evidence as much as possible.

New insights into the management of acne: An update from the Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne Group

https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-202X(15)34480-8/pdf

Prevalence, Severity, and Severity Risk Factors of Acne in High School Pupils: A Community-Based Study

Subcommittee Members: Dr. Alexander Nast, Berlin (Germany) Dr. Cristina Oprica, Stockholm (Sweden) Prof. Dr. Brigitte Dreno, Nantes (France) Mrs. Stefanie Rosumeck, Berlin (Germany) Dr. Vincenzo Bettoli, Ferrara (Italy) Prof. Dr. Berthold Rzany, Berlin (Germany) Prof. Dr. Klaus Degitz, Munich (Germany) Dr. Adel Sammain, Berlin (Germany) Mr. Ricardo Erdmann, Berlin (Germany) Dr. Thierry Simonart, Brussels (Belgium) Prof. Dr. Andrew Finlay, Cardiff (United Kingdom) Dr. Niels Kren Veien, Aalborg (Denmark) Prof. Dr. Ruta Ganceviciene, Vilnius (Lithuania) Dr. Maja Vurnek fivkovi , Zagreb (Croatia) Dr. Alison Layton, Harrogate (United Kingdom) Prof. Dr. Christos Zouboulis, Dessau (Germany) Dr. Jose Luis Lopez Estebaranz, Madrid (Spain) Prof. Dr. Falk Ochsendorf, Frankfurt (Germany) Prof. Dr. med. Harald Gollnick, Magdeburg (Germany)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04374.x

European Evidence‐based (S3) Guidelines for the Treatment of Acne

Importance
Acne vulgaris is the most common skin condition affecting late adolescents across the globe. Although prior studies have evaluated epidemiologic patterns of acne vulgaris in various ethnicities and regions, adequate understanding of the worldwide burden of the disease associated with patients in their late adolescence (15–19-year olds) remains lacking.

/pdf/the-epidemiology-of-acne-vulgaris-in-late-adolescence-3bom806wb8.pdf

The epidemiology of acne vulgaris in late adolescence.

Scientific advances are continually improving the knowledge of acne and contributing to the refinement of treatment options; it is important for clinicians to regularly update their practice patterns to reflect current standards. The Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne is an international group of dermatologists with an interest in acne research and education that has been meeting regularly since 2001. As a group, we have continuously evaluated the literature on acne. This supplement focuses on providing relevant clinical guidance to health care practitioners managing patients with acne, with an emphasis on areas where the evidence base may be sparse or need interpretation for daily practice.

Practical management of acne for clinicians: An international consensus from the Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne

INTRODUCTION In the past 25 years, numerous topical and systemic drugs have been developed for the treatment of acne vulgaris The voluminous amount of clinical trial information has become increasingly difficult for individual physicians to monitor Clinical trials are a science no different than any other aspect of medicine There has been improvement in the design and performance of clinical trials in the past several years Currently, most authoritative opinions fully support the need for studies to be performed under the CONSORT and Cochrane principles We accept that many studies have not been as rigorously performed in the past as trials done in 2002 But to discard such studies is inappropriate, because they were done well according to the standards of the time Thus, for the time being, clinical opinion, based in part on formal discussion among expert colleagues with an interest in acne and a logical analysis of the literature, is not unreasonable as the basis for a Consensus Recommendation Such recommendations highlight the indications for use of medications and the optimal approach to the management of specific clinical problems Overall, the goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of rational therapy, which can form the basis for more uniform therapeutic strategies throughout the world, enhanced patient compliance, and more effective use of healthcare resources Several sets of guidelines have been developed for the treatment of acne during the past decade, including a practice guideline for the Oral Treatment of Acne in France (1999), Canadian Acne Treatment Guidelines (1995), German Guidelines for Acne Treatment (2001), Treatment of Acne Vulgaris: Guidelines for Primary Care Physicians (1991), and Guidelines of Care for Acne Vulgaris from the American Academy of Dermatology (1990) However, advances in medicine occur relatively rapidly, and practice guidelines may be out of date shortly after they are issued Thus, there is a continuing need to update existing recommendations so that recent advances in therapy can be brought to the attention of physicians in a timely manner In recognition of this need, this supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology has been developed by a panel of physicians and researchers in the field of acne, working together as a Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne The mission of this group is to develop consensus recommendations for the treatment of acne, which are evidence-based when possible, and which include input from numerous countries The members of the group represent a broad list of international dermatologists with a special interest in acne and reflect a wide range of experiences and opinions The activities of the group have been coordinated by Dimensional Healthcare, Inc, and funded by an educational grant from Galderma As might be expected, some of the physicians involved in the development of this document have past or current, direct or indirect financial

https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(03)01563-9/pdf

Management of Acne: A Report From a Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne

Handle everyday research tasks with reliable, citation-backed results

Your personal Research Agent to handle research tasks with citation-backed results

Popular Tasks used by Researchers

How can I help with your research?

Meet SciSpace

Get more enhanced response by uploading the PDFs you want me to reference.

No relevant PDFs in your library

SciSpace is the AI research assistant for academics. Run systematic literature reviews on 280M+ papers, and write papers with cited sources. Trusted by 1M+ students, PhDs & researchers.

SciSpace | AI for Research

Analyze PDFs

Code & Manuscripts

Funding & Grants

Literature & Patents

Medical & Clinical Data

Systematic Review

Visualize & Present

Web & Data

Build a Google Scholar-like website for your research.

Build a website

Create charts and images for your research

Create a Chart

Write a paper for submission to a journal

Draft a manuscript

Patent Search

Design eye-catching scientific posters in minutes.

Scientific Poster Generation

Systematic Literature Review

One task is running at the moment. Your messages will be shown right after.

Drag and drop or click here to browse

Loved by <highlight>1 million+</highlight> researchers

Extract a list of specific topics and their sources from unstructured text

Topics

Compare and analyze relevant papers that matches with your search

Papers

Get insights from PDFs and bookmarked papers from your library

My library

Recent searches

Try searching for:

Catch AI-generated content in scholarly and non-scholarly content

{ai} Detector

Ai Writer

Get PDF Summaries, highlighted text explanations 

Chat with PDF

Effortlessly create in-text citations and bibliographies in APA and 2,500 other formats

Citation generator

Get explanations, summaries, and answers on academic papers

Ease up your research workflow with {scispace}'s cohort of exciting AI tools

Elevate your academic writing skills and convey your ideas the way you want

Paraphraser

Explore our range of reading and writing tools

Your file is being prepared and should be ready in a few minutes. If it's a large file, it might take a bit longer. You can close this window, and we'll email you the file when it's done.

You have reached a maximum limit of <strong>{limit}</strong> columns in the table. Remove at least <strong>1</strong> column to add or create another one.

Diane Berson

Author Tools

Chat about Author

Papers

Management of Acne: A Report From a Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne