Tolerability and Safety of Biological Therapies for Psoriasis in Daily Clinical Practice: A Study of 103 Italian Patients
Tolerability and Safety of Biological Therapies for Psoriasis in Daily Clinical Practice: A Study of 103 Italian Patients
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DOI:
10.2340/00015555-0959
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Massone, Cesare
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作者:
Brunasso, Alexandra Maria Giovanna;Puntoni, Matteo;Massone, Cesare
Studies comparing the safety and tolerability of biological therapies for psoriasis in the long-term and in daily clinical practice are lacking. Most published studies are of selected patients with short-term (3-6 months) follow-up. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 103 patients in order to describe the frequency and the clinical features of adverse events, and to evaluate and compare the tolerability and safety of efalizumab, etanercept, infliximab, and adalimumab in clinical practice. A total of 136 courses of biological therapies were administered, with a mean duration of 16 months/patient; 55 patients received efalizumab, 45 etanercept, 33 infliximab, and 3 adalimumab. Infliximab had an incidence rate ratio of suspension due to severe adverse events 5.9 times (95% confidence interval (95% Cl) 1.9-18, p