Clinical experience of the use of adalimumab in the management of hidradenitis suppurativa. Comparison of response rates with Crohn disease

Abstract

The recent approval of adalimumab as the first treatment to be approved for the management of hidradenitis suppurativa has represented a before and after in the control of this chronic inflammatory disease. Given the inflammatory burden of this cutaneous disease, in the last few years hidradenitis suppurativa has been compared with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly with Crohn disease, to the point of considering hidradenitis suppurativa as "Crohn disease of the skin". These two chronic inflammatory diseases show sufficient similarities to consider whether treatment response based on the inflammatory load could also be similar. The present article aims to analyse the efficacy of adalimumab in hidradenitis suppurativa in comparison with a truly comparable disease, Crohn disease, with a view to evaluating therapeutic response rates and to drawing conclusions on the therapeutic success obtained in this disabling cutaneous disease.

Keywords: Acné inverso; Adalimumab; Colitis ulcerosa; Crohn disease; Enfermedad de Crohn; Enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal; Hidradenitis suppurativa; Hidradenitis supurativa; Hidrosadenitis suppurative; Hidrosadenitis supurativa; Inflammatory bowel disease; Inverse acne; Ulcerative colitis.