Kearney, Niamh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6469-3462
Pender, Emily K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1763-3173
Hughes, Rosalind
McCourt, Collette https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-3486
Turner, Graham
Morrison, Graham
Doherty, Glen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4384-5049
Sheridan, Juliette
O’Kane, Donal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0190-6114
Kirby, Brian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7596-892X
Funding for this research was provided by:
The City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital Charity
Article History
Received: 2 April 2025
Accepted: 24 April 2025
First Online: 25 May 2025
Declarations
:
: Niamh Kearney has received honoraria from AbbVie, Lilly, Janssen and UCB and has acted as a sub-investigator in clinical trials for AbbVie, MoonLake and UCB. Collette McCourt has received honoraria from AbbVie, Janssen, Lilly, UCB and Almirall and has acted as sub-investigator in clinical trials for AbbVie. Donal O’Kane has received honoraria as a speaker and /or advisory board member for Abbvie, Novartis, Lilly, UCB and Janssen. Brian Kirby has received research support from/was a principal investigator (clinical trials) for AbbVie, Almirall, Janssen, Moonlake, Merck Sharpe Dolme, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB; been a consultant for AbbVie, Almirall, Celgene, Janssen, Merck Sharpe Dolme, Moonlake, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB; received honoraria from AbbVie, Almirall, Celgene, Janssen, Lilly, Moonlake, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB; and been on scientific advisory boards for AbbVie, Almirall, Celgene, Janssen, Lilly, Moonlake, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB. Emily Pender, Rosalind Hughes, Graham Turner, Graham Morrison, Glen Doherty and Juliette Sheridan have nothing to disclose. Niamh Kearney has changed affiliation after completion of the manuscript to Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland.
: This study was approved in Northern Ireland by the Preston-Northwest research ethics committee and Belfast Trust research office (IRAS ID 294497) and in Ireland by the St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Ethics and Medical Research Committee (RS21-040). This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964. All patients provided written informed consent prior to their participation in the study.