| Project | Description | Funding | Status |
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| Rapid Eczema Trials |
A project working with members of the public to prioritise, design and conduct high-quality online trials to test different ways of managing eczema. |
NIHR |
Recruiting |
| EczemaNet |
EczemaNet is an AI tool to robustly assess eczema severity objectively and remotely from digital images for children and young people of diverse skin types. |
NIHR |
Active |
| EMO Study |
EMO is a research study looking at how eczema changes over time and how people manage their eczema remotely. The study is being carried out entirely online. |
|
Complete |
| Eczema Care Online |
Looking at online interventions to support people with eczema. |
NIHR |
Complete Visit the final website |
| The Dragon in my Skin |
An artistic outreach project designed to communicate 5 key messages about eczema self-care, and to raise awareness about the condition to the wider community. |
NIHR |
Complete |
| Best Emollient for Eczema (BEE) study |
A study trying to improve childhood eczema treatment by providing information about which emollients are most acceptable and effective |
NIHR |
Complete |
| Understanding the long-term management of eczema |
A project to establish what measurements should be captured when assessing the long-term managment of eczema |
British Skin Foundation |
Complete
Paper 1
Paper 2 |
| Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention (BEEP) study |
A study which aims to find out whether applying emollients to newborn babies can prevent the development of eczema. |
NIHR HTA 11/67/62 |
Complete year 2 results published |
| Bath Additives for the Treatment of Childhood Eczema (BATHE) study |
A study which will assess whether bath emollients help children with eczema. |
NIHR HTA 11/153/01 |
Published |
| Clothing for the relief of Eczema Symptoms (CLOTHES) study |
A study designed to evaluate the role of specialist clothing eczema management. |
NIHR HTA 11/65/01 |
Published |
| Harmonizing Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative |
An international initiative working to establish core outcome measures for eczema trials. |
None |
Ongoing |
| Systematic review of treatments for eczema |
A project that updated the previous HTA review of eczema treatment RCTs, covering 2000-2013 |
NIHR PGfAR - RP-PG-0407-10177 |
Published |
Softened Water Eczema Trial (SWET) study
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A study that evaluated whether using an ion-exchange water softener could help reduce eczema severity |
NIHR HTA 05/16/01 |
Published |
| Validation of an objective measure of scratch in patients with eczema |
A study that assessed the usefulness of using scratch accelerometers to record night - time scratching in children with eczema. |
Queen's Medical Centre University Hospital NHS Trust |
Published |
| Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention: The BEEP feasibility study |
A project that looked at the feasibility of performing a study on preventing the development of eczema. |
NIHR PGfAR - RP-PG-0407-10177 |
Complete |
| The prevention of eczema in infants and children: An overview of Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews |
A project that summarised reviews on eczema prevention |
NIHR PGfAR - RP-PG-0407-10177 |
Published |
| Eczema Priority Setting Partnership |
A project that identified and prioritised uncertainties about treatments for eczema. |
NIHR PGfAR - RP-PG-0407-10177 |
Published |
| A prospective observational study of environmental factors affecting atopic eczema in children |
A study/project that explored what environmental factors causes eczema to flare. |
BUPA Foundation and Bastow Research grant from the Special Trustees for Nottingham University Hospitals |
Published;
Study,
Review |
| Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of water softeners in the treatment of atopic eczema |
A pilot study that evaluated whether using an ion-exchange water softener could help reduce eczema severity |
Kinetico UK Ltd |
Published |
| Short bursts of a potent topical corticosteroid vs prolonged use of a mild topical corticosteroid |
A study that assessed whether a short burst of a potent topical corticosteroid is as effective as prolonged use of a milder steroid for controlling mild or moderate eczema in children. |
NHS Research and Development Programme (Trent) |
Published |
| Do nurse follow-up clinics help patients and do they free up consultants' time? |
A study which assessed the impact of providing a nurse follow-up clinic in addition to the normal service |
Crookes Healthcare |
Published |
| International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood |
A worldwide epidemiological research programme established in 1991 to investigate asthma, rhinitis and eczema in children |
None |
Published |