Perspective From the 5th International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation Scientific Conference

Jinmin Lee; Victoria P Werth; Russell P Hall 3rd; Rüdiger Eming; Janet A Fairley; David C Fajgenbaum; Karen E Harman; Marcel F Jonkman; Neil J Korman; Ralf J Ludwig; Dedee F Murrell; Philippe Musette; Haley B Naik; Christian D Sadik; Jun Yamagami; Marc L Yale; Aimee S Payne

doi:10.3389/fmed.2018.00306

Perspective From the 5th International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation Scientific Conference

Front Med (Lausanne). 2018 Nov 8:5:306. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00306. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Jinmin Lee¹, Victoria P Werth^{1

2}, Russell P Hall 3rd³, Rüdiger Eming⁴, Janet A Fairley⁵, David C Fajgenbaum⁶, Karen E Harman⁷, Marcel F Jonkman⁸, Neil J Korman⁹, Ralf J Ludwig¹⁰, Dedee F Murrell¹¹, Philippe Musette¹², Haley B Naik¹³, Christian D Sadik¹⁴, Jun Yamagami¹⁵, Marc L Yale¹⁶, Aimee S Payne¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
² Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
³ Department of Dermatology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
⁴ Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
⁶ Orphan Disease Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
⁷ Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
¹¹ Department of Dermatology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹² Department of Dermatology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
¹³ Program for Clinical Research, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
¹⁴ Department of Dermatology, Allergy, and Venereology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
¹⁵ Department of Dermatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁶ International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation, Sacramento, CA, United States.

Abstract

The 5th Scientific Conference of the International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation (IPPF), "Pemphigus and Pemphigoid: A New Era of Clinical and Translational Science" was held in Orlando, Florida, on May 15-16, 2018. Scientific sessions covered recent, ongoing, and future clinical trials in pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid, disease activity and quality of life instruments, and the IPPF Natural History Study. Furthermore, the meeting provided an opportunity to hear firsthand from patients, investigators, and industry about their experience enrolling for clinical trials.

Keywords: Btk; FcRn; T-cell; doxycycline; eotaxin; fumarate; leukotriene; rituximab.