A new therapeutic for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: apremilast
A new therapeutic for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: apremilast
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DOI:
10.1586/1744666x.2016.1134319
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发表时间:
2016-03-03
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Saraceno, Rosita
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作者:
Chiricozzi, Andrea;Caposiena, Dante;Saraceno, Rosita
Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory skin disease. Being a life-long condition, a prolonged and safe control of the disease is needed. Current anti-psoriatic treatments show some limits in terms of tolerability and route of administration. Recently, a new oral small molecule, apremilast, has been approved for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Apremilast is a phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor that regulates the transduction of intracellular signals, including pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory pathways. Because of the favorable safety profile and the oral route of administration, apremilast may represent a promising therapeutic target for moderate-to-severe psoriasis. In this review, we report an updated overview about clinical trials testing apremilast in the treatment of psoriasis and seek to provide comprehensive information about this anti-psoriatic drug and a future perspective of the therapeutic algorithm for psoriasis.