Topical vitamin D analogs are not approved for use in pediatric patients.
The FDA has approved dupilumab, a targeted biologic, for use in children 6-11 years of age with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies or when those therapies are inappropriate.
Crisaborole, a PDE-4 inhibitor, is approved by the FDA for use in infants and children 3 months or older.
Topical administration of the calcineurin inhibitor pimecrolimus is approved as a second-line therapy for the short-term treatment of atopic dermatitis in children 2 years and older who are not immunocompromised, whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies, or when those therapies are inappropriate.
Learn more about medication in atopic dermatitis.
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Cite this: William D. James. Fast Five Quiz: Severe Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis - Medscape - Mar 15, 2021.
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