RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • Lichen planus
    • We are undertaking the World’s first randomised controlled trial evaluating systemic treatment for vulvar lichen planus.
    • We are developing a severity score to better evaluate this condition
    • We are looking into potential causes of this disease
  • Lichen sclerosus:
    • We are evaluating a treatment for vulvar scarring in women with Lichen sclerosus
    • We are looking into the long term outcomes of children with Lichen sclerosus
    • We are looking into disease trends in Lichen sclerosus

OUR RECENT FINDINGS 

  • We found women with Lichen sclerosus are more likely to have an autoimmune condition called pernicious anaemia and autoimmune thyroid disease. We made recommendations for women with Lichen sclerosus to have testing for these conditions
  • We found women with Lichen sclerosus are more likely to develop scarring and cancer if their disease is not treated
  • We found patients with a severe drug reaction called Toxic epidermal necrolysis have faster healing when they are treated with dressings rather than surgical debridement

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PUBLICATIONS

YEAR

TITLE

2025

 

A Guide to Screening for Autoimmune Diseases in Patients With Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus

Guttentag A, Wijaya M, Fischer GO, Lee A, Liu K, Saunderson RB.

Australas J Dermatol. 2025 Feb 14. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14434.

PMID: 39953774

2024

 

The efficacy and safety of deucravacitinib compared to methotrexate, in patients with vulvar lichen planus who have failed topical therapy with potent corticosteroids: a study protocol for a single-centre double-blinded randomised controlled trial

Wijaya M, Fischer G, Saunderson RB.

Trials. 2024 Mar 12;25(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08022-y.

PMID: 38475894

An individual patient data meta-analysis of wound care in patients with toxic epidermal necrolysis

Lee JS, Mallitt K, Fischer G, Saunderson RB.

Australas J Dermatol. 2024 Mar;65(2):128-142. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14193.

PMID: 38063272

Protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation clinical trial evaluating video-assisted electronic consent vs standard consent for patients initiating and continuing haemodialysis in Australia (eConsent HD)

Franca Gois PH, Saunderson RB, Wainstein M, Li CK, Damasiewicz MJ, Miao VY, Wolley M, Hepburn K, Mutatiri C, Chacko B, Bonner A, Healy H.

BMJ Open. 2024 Jul 11;14(7):e081181. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081181.

PMID: 38991670

The impact of cutaneous neurofibromas on quality of life and mental health in neurofibromatosis type 1

Dance B, Dardare A, Fleming J, Siow SF, Schlub TE, Crawford H, Saunderson RB, Wong C, Berman Y.

J Dermatol. 2024 Aug;51(8):1050-1059. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.17276.

PMID: 38923593

Severe Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Associated With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors Use in Postmenopausal Women

Miao VY, Wijaya M, Fischer G, Saunderson RB.

J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2024 Sep 2. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000839. 

PMID: 39221934

Comparing 3D imaging devices for the measurement of cutaneous neurofibromas in patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Lau JCL, Fleming J, Good M, Lim A, Saunderson RB, Phan TA, Schlub T, Siow SF, Lacson N, Romo C, Blakely J, Bergqvist C, Berman YD.

Skin Res Technol. 2024 Sep;30(9):e70020. doi: 10.1111/srt.70020.

PMID: 39225289

Vulvovaginal lichen planus mimicking desquamative inflammatory vulvovaginitis: A case series

Wijaya M, Saunderson RB, Fischer G.

Australas J Dermatol. 2024 Nov;65(7):e203-e207. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14344. 

PMID: 38963185

Location matters! Optimizing venue selection and attendance format to lower the carbon footprint of air travel to the Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM

Tan E, Scarff C, Saunderson RB, Soyer HP, Bruce F.

Australas J Dermatol. 2024 Dec;65(8):e266-e269. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14381.

PMID: 39523903

 

2023

 

Vulvar Melanoma.

Pye IM, Saw RPM, Saunderson RB.

JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Jan 1;159(1):96. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.4550.

PMID: 36449308

The impact of climate change on skin health.

Anderson A, Bruce F, Soyer HP, Williams C, Saunderson RB.

Med J Aust. 2023 May 15;218(9):388-390. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51931. Epub 2023 Apr 17.

PMID: 37182213

 

2020

 

A cross-sectional study of dermatological conditions in rural and urban Timor-Leste.

Hao EY, Rhodes JEJ, Nixon RL, Saunderson RB.

Australas J Dermatol. 2020 Nov;61(4):e395-e398. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13347. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

PMID: 32542648

 

Society of Dermatology Hospitalists supportive care guidelines for the management of Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis in adults.

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jun;82(6):1553-1567. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.02.066.

PMID: 32151629

Seminario-Vidal L, Kroshinsky D, Malachowski SJ, Sun J, Markova A, Beachkofsky TM, Kaffenberger BH, Ergen EN, Mauskar M, Bridges A, Calhoun C, Cardones AR, Chen ST, Chodosh J, Cotliar J, Davis MDP, DeNiro KL, Dominguez AR, Eljure-Téllez J, Femia A, Fox LP, Guda A, Mitchell C, Mostaghimi A, Ortega-Loayza AG, Owen C, Pasieka H, Rahnama-Moghadam S, Saeed HN, Saunderson RB, Shanbhag S, Sharon VR, Strowd L, Venkatesh S, Wanat KA, Wetter DA, Worswick S, Micheletti RG.

 

A randomized controlled trial comparing video-assisted informed consent with standard consent for Mohs micrographic surgery.

Miao Y, Venning VL, Mallitt KA, Rhodes JEJ, Isserman NJ, Moreno G, Lee S, Ryman W, Fischer G, Saunderson RB.

JAAD Int. 2020 May 11;1(1):13-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jdin.2020.03.005. eCollection 2020 Jul.

PMID: 34409314 Free PMC article.

 

Vulvar quality of life index (VQLI) – A simple tool to measure quality of life in patients with vulvar disease.

Saunderson RB, Harris V, Yeh R, Mallitt KA, Fischer G.

Australas J Dermatol. 2020 May;61(2):152-157. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13235. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

PMID: 31984477

2018-2019

 

A retrospective cohort study evaluating the accuracy of clinical diagnosis compared with immunofluorescence and electron microscopy in children with inherited epidermolysis bullosa.

Saunderson RB, Vekic DA, Mallitt K, Mahon C, Robertson SJ, Wargon O.

Br J Dermatol. 2019 May;180(5):1258-1259. doi: 10.1111/bjd.17648. Epub 2019 Feb 25.

PMID: 30657165 No abstract available.

 

Cutaneous malignancies in Indigenous Peoples of urban Sydney.

Slape DR, Saunderson RB, Tatian AH, Forstner DF, Estall VJ.

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2019 Apr;63(2):244-249. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.12832. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

PMID: 30447047

 

Adjunctive rifampicin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (ARREST): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Thwaites GE, Scarborough M, Szubert A, Nsutebu E, Tilley R, Greig J, Wyllie SA, Wilson P, Auckland C, Cairns J, Ward D, Lal P, Guleri A, Jenkins N, Sutton J, Wiselka M, Armando GR, Graham C, Chadwick PR, Barlow G, Gordon NC, Young B, Meisner S, McWhinney P, Price DA, Harvey D, Nayar D, Jeyaratnam D, Planche T, Minton J, Hudson F, Hopkins S, Williams J, Török ME, Llewelyn MJ, Edgeworth JD, Walker AS; United Kingdom Clinical Infection Research Group (UKCIRG).

Lancet. 2018 Feb 17;391(10121):668-678. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32456-X. Epub 2017 Dec 14.

PMID: 29249276 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

2016-2017

 

Clonal differences in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia-associated mortality.

Recker M, Laabei M, Toleman MS, Reuter S, Saunderson RB, Blane B, Török ME, Ouadi K, Stevens E, Yokoyama M, Steventon J, Thompson L, Milne G, Bayliss S, Bacon L, Peacock SJ, Massey RC.

Nat Microbiol. 2017 Oct;2(10):1381-1388. doi: 10.1038/s41564-017-0001-x. Epub 2017 Aug 7.

PMID: 28785103

 

Perianal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Misdiagnosed With Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Case of the Month from the Case Consultation Committee of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease.

Saunderson RB, Tng V, Watson A, Scurry J.

J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2016 Apr;20(2):e14-5. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000178.

PMID: 26796661

2014-2015

 

Impact of routine bedside infectious disease consultation on clinical management and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in adults.

Saunderson RB, Gouliouris T, Nickerson EK, Cartwright EJ, Kidney A, Aliyu SH, Brown NM, Limmathurotsakul D, Peacock SJ, Török ME.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Aug;21(8):779-85. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.026. Epub 2015 May 29.

PMID: 26033668 Free PMC article.

 

Viral exanthems.

Keighley CL, Saunderson RB, Kok J, Dwyer DE.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr;28(2):139-50. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000145.

PMID: 25706914 Review.

 

Impact of infectious diseases consultation on the management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in children.

Saunderson RB, Gouliouris T, Cartwright EJ, Nickerson EJ, Aliyu SH, O’Donnell DR, Kelsall W, Limmathurotsakul D, Peacock SJ, Török ME.

BMJ Open. 2014 Jul 1;4(7):e004659. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004659.

PMID: 24989617 Free PMC article.

 

Author reply: To PMID 24020346.

Saunderson RB, Chan RC.

Intern Med J. 2014 Apr;44(4):429. doi: 10.1111/imj.12388.

PMID: 24754697 No abstract available.

2012-2013

 

Targeted decolonization to prevent ICU infections.

Cartwright EJ, Saunderson RB, Peacock SJ.

N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 10;369(15):1468. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309704.

PMID: 24106943 No abstract available.

 

Pentoxifylline-induced drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) in a patient with caffeine intolerance.

Saunderson RB, Garsia R, Headley AP, McCaughan GW, O’Toole S, Strasser SI.

J Dermatol Case Rep. 2013 Sep 30;7(3):77-81. doi: 10.3315/jdcr.2013.1150. eCollection 2013.

PMID: 24133560 Free PMC article.

 

Author reply to Kleinig.

Saunderson RB, Chan RC.

Intern Med J. 2013 Apr;43(4):470-1. doi: 10.1111/imj.12092.

PMID: 23551321 No abstract available.

 

Mesiotemporal changes on magnetic resonance imaging in neurosyphilis.

Saunderson RB, Chan RC.

Intern Med J. 2012 Sep;42(9):1057-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02829.x.

PMID: 24020346 Review.

2008-2009

 

Genetic variants in the promoter of TARDBP in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Luquin N, Yu B, Saunderson RB, Trent RJ, Pamphlett R.

Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 Oct;19(10):696-700. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.07.005. Epub 2009 Aug 19.

PMID: 19695877

 

A comparison of the lengths of androgen receptor triplet repeats in brain and blood in motor neuron diseases.

Saunderson RB, Yu B, Trent RJ, Pamphlett R.

J Neurol Sci. 2008 Apr 15;267(1-2):125-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.006. Epub 2007 Nov 13.

PMID: 17997416

2005-2007

 

Low yield in screening patients with sporadic motor neuron disease for Kennedy disease.

Saunderson RB, Yu B, Trent RJ, Pamphlett R.

Intern Med J. 2007 Nov;37(11):772-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01499.x.

PMID: 17908088

 

Are enteroviral receptors different in sporadic motor neuron disease?

Saunderson RB, Yu B, Trent RJ, Pamphlett R.

Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2007 Feb;8(1):26-30. doi: 10.1080/17482960600864009.

PMID: 17364432

 

Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography: high throughput mutation screening in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and SNP genotyping in motor neurone disease.

Yu B, Sawyer NA, Caramins M, Yuan ZG, Saunderson RB, Pamphlett R, Richmond DR, Jeremy RW, Trent RJ.

J Clin Pathol. 2005 May;58(5):479-85. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2004.021642.

PMID: 15858117 Free PMC article.

 

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