The impact of comorbidities on interleukin-17 inhibitor therapy in psoriatic arthritis: A Danish population-based cohort study

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Objective: To investigate the influence of comorbidities on treatment response, disease activity and persistence with first-line IL-17 inhibitor (IL-17i) treatment in patients with PsA. Methods: Patients were divided into three groups depending on the presence and/or severity of comorbidities using the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). Groups were CCI 0: no comorbidities, CCI 1: one comorbidity and CCI ≥2: two or more comorbidities or one or more severe comorbidities. Outcomes in the groups were compared for treatment persistence, treatment response and disease activity. Results: A higher CCI score was associated to an elevation in baseline CRP, swollen joint count and frequency of depression and/or anxiety. The median drug persistence in the groups were CCI 0: 1.8 years, CCI 1: 1.9 years and CCI ≥2: 1.5 years, but was not statistically significant to the CCI score. There were no significant differences in clinical response rates between the groups. Conclusion: The presence of comorbidities was associated with increased baseline disease activity and frequency of depression and/or anxiety, but was not associated with shorter treatment persistence or lower clinical response rates in a cohort of 155 Danish patients with PsA treated with first-line IL-17i.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberrkad035
JournalRheumatology Advances in Practice
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology.

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  • comorbidities, disease activity, IL-17 inhibitor, PsA, treatment persistence, treatment response

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