A consensus approach to improving patient adherence and persistence with topical treatment for actinic keratosis

Abstract

Background: Topical therapy is important in the treatment of actinic keratosis, but guidance for improving adherence/persistence during topical therapy is still lacking. Objectives: To utilize expert consensus to generate a list of recommendations to improve real-world efficacy when prescribing topical therapy for actinic keratosis. Methods: An expert panel of eight dermatologists was convened to generate recommendations based on facilitated discussion and consensus generation using a modified Delphi session. The recommendations were ratified with the expert panel. Results: Facilitated discussion generated 31 issues within five themes, which were prioritized using expert voting. Consensus wa..