Patients Gender/Age/ Clinical outcome Diagnosis of SS Initiation and length of treatment with Aprepitant Previous antipruritic therapy Previous therapy for SS DLQI and VAS scores before and after treatment with Aprepitant
Patient 1 F/68 Initial good response 11/2010 11/03/11 4 weeks TCS Antihistamines Antidepressant Thalidomide PUVA Alemtuzumab Before treatment: DLQI: 23 VAS: 10 After treatment: DLQI: 21 VAS: 8
Patient 2 M/65 Response 01/2010 10/02/2011 4 weeks TCS Antihistamines Antidepressant CVP Alemtuzumab Before treatment: DLQI: 18 VAS: 9 After treatment: DLQI: 3 VAS: 0
Patient 3 F/70 Response 07/2009 05/11/2010 ‡ 21 weeks TCS Antihistamines PUVA Bexarotene INF-α CHOP Alemtuzumab Before treatment: DLQI: 22 VAS: 9 After treatment: DLQI: 4 VAS: 1
Patient 4 F/67 Response 04/2009 20/10/20 ‡ 23 weeks TCS Antihistamines Antidepressant

Bexarotene INF-α CHOP

Before treatment: DLQI: 23 VAS: 8 After treatment: DLQI: 4 VAS: 1

†This patient showed a good initial response, but by the 12th day he stopped responding to Aprepitant ‡The treatment was interrupted for two weeks Abbreviations: F: Female; M: Male; TCS: Topical Corticosteroids; PUVA: Phototherapy UVA; CVP: Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, and Prednisone; INF-α: Interferon α; CHOP: Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone
Table 1: Representative table of patients treated with Aprepitant.