The Journal of dermatology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Efficacy and safety of secukinumab in Taiwanese patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: Subanalysis from ERASURE phase III study.
The efficacy and safety of secukinumab, a fully human anti-interleukin-17A monoclonal antibody, has been evaluated for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in global trials which have included a low proportion of Asian subjects. We analyzed the efficacy and safety of secukinumab in Taiwanese patients in a phase III global clinical trial (ERASURE). Fifty-one Taiwanese patients were randomized into s.c. placebo, 150 and 300 mg secukinumab treatment groups. ⋯ The most common AE (cases/per 100 patient-year) during the entire treatment period were upper respiratory tract infection and pruritus. The duration of upper respiratory tract infection per 100 patient-year was approximately 399 days in placebo, 1261 days in 150 mg secukinumab and 1805 days in 300 mg secukinumab. The safety and efficacy of secukinumab in Taiwanese patients was compatible with the global phase III study in the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
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Recent studies indicate the presence of systemic inflammation in psoriatic patients, and this inflammatory status is significantly associated with a range of comorbidities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of novel inflammatory biomarkers, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and mean platelet volume (MPV) in Japanese patients with plaque-type psoriasis (PsV) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). One hundred and eighty-six patients with PsV and 50 patients with PsA treated with biologics, including infliximab, adalimumab and ustekinumab, were retrospectively analyzed before and after treatment. ⋯ After treatment of the patients with biologics for up to 12 months, NLR and PLR decreased promptly in parallel with a decrease of CRP, irrespective of the type of biologics used. Altogether, these results indicate that both NLR and PLR may be useful markers to evaluate systemic inflammation in psoriatic patients. They may serve as simple, convenient and cost-effective biomarkers to monitor the disease course after systemic therapy.