News and publications

The A-STAR Annual Update Brochure – 2026

Check out our annual brochure for 2026 here:

The UK-Irish Atopic eczema Systemic TherApy Register (A-STAR): baseline characteristics of the cohort

Healthcare resource use, costs and health-related quality of life in the UK-Irish Atopic eczema Systemic Therapy Register (A-STAR): a pilot study

A pan-European register-based observational study of abrocitinib and conventional systemic therapies in moderate and severe atopic dermatitis: the DREAM TO TREAT AD study protocol

Implementing Federated Analysis Using DataSHIELD in the DREAM TO TREAT Atopic Dermatitis Registries Collaboration

New publication: The UK-Irish Atopic eczema Systemic TherApy Register (A*STAR): baseline characteristics of the cohort

01/ 2025 In this Perspective piece you can find more information on A-STAR and the baseline characteristics of the cohort.

A-STAR has recruited 1000 patients

01/ 2025 A big milestone has been hit recently by the Norwich and Norfolk team who recruited the 1000th patient onto ASTAR! Big thank you to all the people involved into the study across the 50 sites in the UK!

Comparative Effectiveness of Ciclosporin, Dupilumab, and Methotrexate in Atopic Dermatitis

07/2024 A prospective observational cohort study comparing the treatment effectiveness and safety of ciclosporin, dupilumab and methotrexate in adult and paediatric patients with atopic dermatitis: results from the UK-Irish A-STAR register

Real-World Treatment Outcomes by Skin Type

03/2023 Comparison of real-world treatment outcomes of systemic immunomodulating therapy in atopic dermatitis patients with dark and light skin types

Comparison of real-world treatment outcomes of systemic immunomodulating therapy in atopic dermatitis patients with dark and light skin types

01/2023 Comparison of real-world treatment outcomes of systemic immunomodulating therapy in atopic dermatitis patients with dark and light skin types

A-STAR Newsletter Dec 2022

12/2022 Read our last newsletter of 2022 for updates and news

A-STAR Newsletter Nov 2022

25/11/2022 A thank you to all involved and information about our expansion

400 Patients recruited into A-STAR

25/11/2022 We have now recruited our 400th participant into the register. Thank you and well done to all of our A-STAR team members for passing this milestone!

First patient enrolled

05/10/2018 Guy’s and St Thomas’ paediatric department has enrolled the first patient in A-STAR.

A-STAR Opens Recruitment

28/09/2018 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is now open to recruitment to participants of all ages.

REC Approval

26/07/2018 The Wales Research Ethics Committee 1 agreed to give favourable ethical opinion to A*STAR on 26/07/2018

Grant Award

13/07/2017 Dr Carsten Flohr has been awarded a BSF grant for the study: ‘The UK-Irish Atopic Eczema Systemic Therapy Cohort’. More information is available in the BAD Newsletter, Autumn 2017, Volume 20 Number 3, p12-13,