Publications by authors named "Pablo De-la-Cueva"

Background: Biological therapy dose modification is a common practice in the long-term treatment of plaque psoriasis.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine prevalence, characteristics of patients, effectiveness, treatment survival of secukinumab dose reduction (SEC-DR) strategy and assess its safety and cost implications.

Methods: A retrospective, observational, multicenter cohort study was conducted in patients with plaque psoriasis treated with secukinumab and up to 2 years of follow-up.

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Background: Safety is an important consideration in decisions on treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and the study of drug safety is the main purpose of the BIOBADADERM registry. The combination of a biologic agent and a conventional systemic drug [generally methotrexate (MTX)] is a common treatment in clinical practice. However, there is a paucity of evidence from real-world practice on the safety of such combination regimens in the treatment of psoriasis.

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Background: Tildrakizumab is a humanized, IgG1/κ antibody that interacts with the p19 subunit of interleukin 23. It is approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Real-world evidence on the effectiveness and safety of tildrakizumab is limited.

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  • MPOX (monkeypox) is primarily found in Central and West Africa, but it started spreading in non-endemic countries in May 2022, indicating community transmission.
  • A study in Madrid involving 133 patients suspected of having MPOX found that 100 were confirmed cases, with a significant majority (71.0%) being HIV positive and primarily men with a mean age of 33.
  • The study highlighted specific clinical manifestations, such as higher instances of inguinal adenopathies and pustules, while noting no severe cases or significant differences between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients regarding disease progression.
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  • - Monkeypox (mpox) is a viral infection that can spread through close contact with respiratory secretions and lesions from infected individuals, leading to various symptoms, including skin rashes and fever.
  • - A study conducted in Madrid involved analyzing 11 male patients (average age 32) with complications from mpox, noting issues like pharyngitis, penile edema, and genital ulcers.
  • - A multidisciplinary care team, including specialists from various fields, was established to enhance diagnosis and treatment for complicated mpox cases, resulting in improved patient management and successful outcomes without any life-threatening situations.
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Background: Tralokinumab was recently approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) and is the first selective interleukin (IL)-13 inhibitor that specifically neutralizes IL-13 with high affinity.

Objectives: To determine the real-life short-term effectiveness and safety of tralokinumab treatment in patients with moderate-to-severe AD.

Methods: A multicentre retrospective study was conducted including adult patients with moderate-to-severe AD who started tralokinumab treatment from 1 April to 30 June 2022 in 16 Spanish hospitals.

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Patients with psoriasis have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. This study evaluated cardiovascular screening practices and statin prescribing habits among dermatologists, rheumatologists and primary care physicians (PCPs) through an online questionnaire, which was distributed through the Spanish scientific societies of the above-mentioned specialties. A total of 299 physicians (103 dermatologists, 94 rheumatologists and 102 PCPs) responded to the questionnaire.

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Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare, chronic, and severe inflammatory skin disorder characterized by sudden eruption of sterile pustules, often accompanied by systemic inflammation. GPP flares can be life-threatening if untreated, owing to potential serious complications such as sepsis and cardiovascular failure. Diagnosis and clinical measurement of disease severity in GPP are often difficult.

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Introduction: Although dimethyl fumarate (DMF) has been approved since 2017 for treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, limited data on its safety and efficacy are available in clinical practice. The objective was to assess the efficacy and safety of DMF in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis through 52 weeks in conditions close to real clinical practice.

Methods: DIMESKIN 1 was a 52-week, open-label, phase IV clinical trial conducted at 36 Spanish sites.

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The aim of the study was to assess the long-term effectiveness and safety of secukinumab in Spanish patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis in a daily practice setting. Nationwide multicenter, observational, retrospective, non-interventional, single-cohort study including patients who initiated treatment with secukinumab in daily clinical practice conditions. Subjects were followed for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 24 months.

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NAVIGATE clinical trial demonstrated a higher rate of Psoriasis Assesment Severity Index (PASI)90 response in patients treated with guselkumab when compared to ustekinumab and an improved response in those who switched from ustekinumab to guselkumab due to partial response. The objective of the study is to describe ustekinumab to guselkumab switching in clinical practice. Observational, multicentric, descriptive study including 54 psoriasis patients who switched to guselkumab after treatment with ustekinumab from March 2019 to February 2021.

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  • * The study was conducted as a retrospective, observational, open-label cohort analysis of 238 patients, evaluating various QoL metrics such as the Dermatology Life Quality Index over 24 months.
  • * Results showed that secukinumab treatment led to a notable improvement in QoL, particularly in patients new to biological therapies, with a strong correlation between improvements in quality of life and skin clearance over time.
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Importance: A clear dosing regimen for methotrexate in psoriasis is lacking, and this might lead to a suboptimal treatment. Because methotrexate is affordable and globally available, a uniform dosing regimen could potentially optimize the treatment of patients with psoriasis worldwide.

Objective: To reach international consensus among psoriasis experts on a uniform dosing regimen for treatment with methotrexate in adult and pediatric patients with psoriasis and identify potential future research topics.

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Data on the effectiveness and safety of a drug in real-world clinical practice complement the evidence from clinical trials, which are carried out in a different setting. Little has been published on the effectiveness and safety of guselkumab in the treatment of psoriasis in clinical practice. The ojective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of guselkumab at 24 weeks in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in routine clinical practice.

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Introduction: There is limited and conflicting evidence over the real-world drug survival of secukinumab (SEC) in patients with psoriasis, especially in the long term. Our objective was to analyze the short- and long-term survival of SEC (S-SEC) and its predictive factors for the treatment of psoriasis.

Methods:  Patients clinically diagnosed with plaque psoriasis and under treatment with secukinumab (n = 384) in a daily practice setting were analyzed in a retrospective, multicenter study performed in a nationwide cohort and followed up for a period of 2 years.

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Introduction: The diagnosis and management of atopic dermatitis (AD) is extensively addressed in detailed clinical guidelines. However, the high heterogeneity regarding presentation and progression and the increasingly broad therapeutic landscape suggest a complex real-world scenario, leading to multiple trajectories of AD patients.

Methods: Using a Delphi methodology for assessing the degree of consensus, we explored the views of a panel of dermatologists regarding the patients' trajectory through the diagnosis (block 1), treatment (block 2), and long-term management (block 3) of AD.

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The purpose of this study is to propose a ranking system for the severity of psoriasis. The consensus method of selecting the indices to include and the classification of real patient profiles by an expert panel to create a gold standard of severity were used. The performance of potential cut-offs was evaluated to create a ranking algorithm.

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Background: Limited information is available regarding the risk of incident liver disease in patients with psoriasis receiving systemic therapies.

Objectives: To describe the liver safety findings of conventional and modern systemic therapies for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, and to compare the relative incidence rates of hepatic adverse events (AEs) for each drug.

Methods: All the patients on the BIOBADADERM registry were included.

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The 29th EADV Virtual Congress took place between the 29th-31st of October 2020. On October 29th, there was a Session on systemic treatment in which Professors Ulrich Mrowietz and Mar Llamas-Velasco presented the latest research on the efficacy of dimethyl fumarate (DMF) treatment for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis (BRIDGE and DIMESKIN 1 studies, respectively). The accepted DMF abstract from Professor Matthias Augustin, on the SKILL study, is also presented here.

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Objective: To analyze the performance of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) screening tools, examine their implementation in daily practice, and reach a consensus about the best screening tool for implementation in daily practice in different medical settings.

Methods: A systematic literature review (SLR), structured telephone interviews to hospitals, and a multidisciplinary nominal group meeting were all conducted. The SLR employed sensitive search strategies using Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library up to January 2020.

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