Psoriatic Arthritis
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Analysis of PsA guidelines reveals much room for improvement on conflicts of interest
Researchers show that a majority of the authors of the most recent psoriatic arthritis clinical practice guidelines from the American College of...
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Apremilast may have some cardiometabolic benefits in patients with psoriasis
The trial does help answer the question of whether apremilast can induce weight loss ... something that earlier trials suggested.
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Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis insurance coverage remains restrictive
A database review showed restrictive coverage of specialty medications for psoriatic disease beyond the label indications.
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Apremilast alleviates severe psoriasis in some children, data show
“In this randomized, placebo-controlled trial, oral apremilast demonstrated effectiveness and was well tolerated.”
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Brodalumab suicide risk similar to other biologics, postmarket study finds
The researchers extracted data through the end of 2021 on the number of completed suicides for brodalumab and ten other biologics approved for...
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Sustained response at 2 years reported for newly approved oral psoriasis agent
Long-term results with the JAK inhibitor for psoriasis show responses persist.
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FDA approves oral TYK2 inhibitor deucravacitinib for treating psoriasis
Approval was based on the results of two phase 3 trials of almost 1,700 adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
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Should patients with PsA or ankylosing spondylitis with axial disease be ‘lumped’ or ‘split’?
Patients with isolated axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were older at diagnosis, more likely to have psoriatic nail lesions, and less likely to...
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Inhaled, systemic steroids linked to changes in brain structure
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that glucocorticoids have significant effects on the brain, which could explain their...
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Autoimmune disease patients’ waxing, waning response to COVID vaccination studied in-depth
Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases have weaker vaccine-induced immunity to COVID but are able to build a humoral immune response...
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Asian patients with psoriasis have shortest visits, study shows
The reasons for the difference are unclear and in need of further research, according to the study authors.