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J Clin Med
January 2025
Dermatology Unit, San Antonio Abate Hospital, 91016 Trapani, Italy.
: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that may have a significant impact on patients' quality of life. Alongside clinical scores, treatment goals include improvements in patients' quality of life, divided into its social, working and psychosocial life aspects. Indeed, psychological impairment should always be considered in the management of moderate-to-severe psoriasis.
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January 2025
Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Understanding the pathophysiology of inflammatory skin diseases, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (AD), and prurigo nodularis (PN), has led to the development of innovative treatments. In the February issue of the Journal, we provide insight into the global epidemiology and psychosocial impact of psoriasis. We also discuss the role of tissue-resident memory T cells in disease recurrence and evaluate the effectiveness of tildrakizumab in treating difficult areas in psoriasis.
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December 2024
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Teaching Hospital No. 2, 90-549 Lodz, Poland.
: This study is a retrospective analysis of patients with plaque psoriasis treated with biological drugs at a single center in Poland. We sought to evaluate patient demographics, disease characteristics, comorbidity burden, and treatment patterns in this cohort. : Data were collected from the medical records of patients with plaque psoriasis who received biological treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObesity is a metabolic disease that is marked by excessive fat accumulation and is objectively defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2. Obesity is associated with several other comorbidities, including psoriasis, which is a chronic autoimmune skin disease. Adipocytes produce pro-inflammatory signaling molecules, namely adipokines and classic cytokines, that drive increased inflammation axnd may contribute to the pro-inflammatory pathways driving psoriasis disease pathogenesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the primary analysis of a Phase 3b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis affecting the scalp (NCT03897088), tildrakizumab, an anti-interleukin-23 p19 antibody, met the primary efficacy endpoint at Week (W)16.
Objective: To evaluate maintenance of tildrakizumab efficacy and safety for the treatment of scalp psoriasis from the W52 full analysis.
Methods: Patients randomized to tildrakizumab continued receiving tildrakizumab 100 mg every 12 weeks; patients randomized to placebo (analyzed separately) switched to tildrakizumab 100 mg at W16.
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