Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis Using a Full-Body Blue Light Device (AD-Blue): Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Christian Kromer   ¹ , MD ;   Viktoria P Nühnen   ¹ , MD ;   Wolfgang Pfützner   ² , MD ;   Sebastian Pfeiffer   ³ , MSc ;   Hans-Joachim Laubach   ⁴ , MD ;   Wolf-Henning Boehncke   ^{4, 5} , MD ;   Joerg Liebmann   ⁶ , PhD ;   Matthias Born   ⁶ , PhD ;   Michael P Schön   ^{1, 7 *} , MD ;   Timo Buhl   ^{1, 7 *} , MD

¹ Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

² Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

³ Clinical Trials Unit, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

⁴ Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

⁵ Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

⁶ Philips GmbH, Innovative Technologies, Aachen, Germany

⁷ Lower Saxony Institute of Occupational Dermatology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

*these authors contributed equally