Journal
ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA
Volume 93, Issue 5, Pages 509-514Publisher
ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1620
Keywords
itch; pruritus; visual analogue scale; patient benefit index; quality of life; data bank
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- Beiersdorf AG, Germany
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Chronic pruritus is a common symptom and there is an urgent need to test new anti-pruritic substances in high-quality clinical trials. However, no widely accepted standardized and validated method for objectively measuring pruritus is yet available. A special interest group of the International Forum for the Study of Itch has been established to assess scoring methods and questionnaires for use in clinical trials. This paper presents our current recommendations. The set of measures we recommend includes pruritus intensity scales, instruments for assessment of scratch lesions, chronic pruritus course, quality of life and patient benefits.
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