Psoriasis

The safety and efficacy of Ilumya were maintained after 4 years of treatment among patients with plaque psoriasis enrolled in the open-label reSURFACE1 trial, according to data presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress.

Prospective study data presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress demonstrated that psoriasis severity is associated with more severe hepatic damage among patients with both psoriasis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Specifically, an increase in PASI score by one was associated with an increase in elastography of, on average, 0.26 kPa.

Among topical dermatologic drugs, the mean overpayment for brand-name drugs was more than double that of generics, based on an analysis of claims data of privately insured individuals published in JAMA Dermatology.

Adalimumab and phototherapy for psoriasis are both associated with statistically significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes after 12 weeks, but phototherapy yields greater improvement in quality of life and pain, according to recent study findings.

Dermatology is gearing up for the upcoming South Beach Symposium in Miami Beach, Florida, Feb. 6-9, 2020.

Eli Lilly and Co. reported that its phase 4 study, IXORA-R, met the primary endpoint of patients treated with Taltz showing statistically significant improvement in the Psoriasis Area Severity Index 100 score compared with patients on Tremfya at week 12.

The department of dermatology at the University of Michigan Medical School has been awarded $3.9 million from the NIH to establish the University of Michigan Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, according to a university press release.

Metabolic syndrome status does not affect Ilumya efficacy, safety or drug survival in patients with moderate to severe chronic psoriasis, according to post hoc analyses from two phase 3 studies, reSURFACE 1 and 2.

Researchers discovered differences in clinical support and patient education among women of childbearing age with chronic rheumatic diseases in Asia-Pacific and Europe, from a study presented at European League Against Rheumatism.

Dermatologists performed the fewest number of biopsies to diagnose one skin cancer compared with other types of clinicians, according to researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Mayo Clinic, in the top Healio Dermatology story last week.