Volume 50, Issue 6 pp. 753-765
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Survival rates of systemic interventions for psoriasis in the Western Japan Psoriasis Registry: A multicenter retrospective study

Tetsuji Yanase

Corresponding Author

Tetsuji Yanase

Department of Dermatology, Hiroshima City North Medical Center Asa Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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Tetsuji Yanase, Department of Dermatology, Hiroshima City North Medical Center Asa Citizens Hospital, 1-2-1, Kameyamaminami, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima City, 731-0293, Hiroshima, Japan.

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Noriko Tsuruta

Noriko Tsuruta

Department of Dermatology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Department of Dermatology, Kitakyuhsu City Yahata Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

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Kazuki Yamaguchi

Kazuki Yamaguchi

Department of Dermatology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Department of Dermatology, Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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Chika Ohata

Chika Ohata

Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Department of Dermatology, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

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Bungo Ohyama

Bungo Ohyama

Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Ohyama Dermatology Clinic, Kumamoto, Japan

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Eri Katayama

Eri Katayama

Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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Kazunari Sugita

Kazunari Sugita

Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

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Maki Kuwashiro

Maki Kuwashiro

Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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Aki Hashimoto

Aki Hashimoto

Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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Kentaro Yonekura

Kentaro Yonekura

Department of Dermatology, Imamura General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

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Yuko Higashi

Yuko Higashi

Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

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Hiroyuki Murota

Hiroyuki Murota

Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

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Yuta Koike

Yuta Koike

Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

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Yuki Matsuzaka

Yuki Matsuzaka

Department of Dermatology, Onomichi General Hospital, Onomichi, Japan

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Satoko Kikuchi

Satoko Kikuchi

Department of Dermatology, Kyushu Central Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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Yutaka Hatano

Yutaka Hatano

Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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Kanami Saito

Kanami Saito

Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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Kenzo Takahashi

Kenzo Takahashi

Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

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Takuya Miyagi

Takuya Miyagi

Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

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Sakae Kaneko

Sakae Kaneko

Department of Dermatology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan

Department of Dermatology, Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Masuda, Japan

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Masataka Ota

Masataka Ota

Department of Dermatology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan

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Kayo Harada

Kayo Harada

Department of Dermatology and Allergy, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

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Shin Morizane

Shin Morizane

Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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Kenta Ikeda

Kenta Ikeda

Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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Masutaka Furue

Masutaka Furue

Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Takeshi Nakahara

Takeshi Nakahara

Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Fusako Okazaki

Fusako Okazaki

Department of Dermatology, Okayama City General Medicine Center, Okayama, Japan

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Natsuko Sasaki

Natsuko Sasaki

Department of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

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Etsuko Okada

Etsuko Okada

Department of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

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Yuichi Yoshida

Yuichi Yoshida

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

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Kotaro Ito

Kotaro Ito

Department of Dermatology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Ito Medical Clinic, Dermatology, Kitsuki, Japan

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Shinichi Imafuku

Shinichi Imafuku

Department of Dermatology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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First published: 14 February 2023
Citations: 7

See Appendix 1 for the authors present in the Western Japan Inflammatory Disease Research Group.

Abstract

Psoriasis affects approximately 0.3% of the Japanese population. Recently, various effective systemic drugs have become available, and the continuation of a given treatment has become critical because of the chronic nature of psoriasis. Factors affecting drug survival (the time until treatment discontinuation) in psoriasis treatment include efficacy, safety, ease of use, and patient preference. In the present study, the authors retrospectively surveyed a multifacility patient registry to determine the real-world evidence of the survival rate of systemic interventions for psoriasis treatment. Patients with psoriasis who visited 20 facilities in the Western Japan area between January 2019 and May 2020 and gave written consent were registered as study participants, and their medical history of systemic interventions for psoriasis (starting from 2010) was retrospectively collected and analyzed. The drugs investigated were adalimumab, infliximab, ustekinumab, secukinumab, ixekizumab, brodalumab, guselkumab, risankizumab, cyclosporine, and apremilast. When drugs were discontinued, the reasons were also recorded. A total of 1003 patients with psoriasis including 268 with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were enrolled. In biologics, more recently released drugs such as interleukin 17 inhibitors showed a numerically higher survival rate in the overall (post-2010) analysis. However, in the subset of patients who began treatment after 2017, the difference in the survival rate among the drugs was smaller. The reasons for discontinuing drugs varied, but a loss of efficacy against dermatological or joint symptoms were relatively frequently seen with some biologics and cyclosporine. The stratification of drug survival rates based on patient characteristics such as bio-naive or experienced, normal weight or obese, and with or without PsA, revealed that bio-experienced, obese, and PsA groups had poorer survival rates for most drugs. No notable safety issues were identified in this study. Overall, the present study revealed that the biologics show differences in their tendency to develop a loss of efficacy, and the factors that negatively impact the survival rate of biologics include the previous use of biologics, obesity, and PsA.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST Statement

Data for this research were collected from the WJPR. WJPR is run by an NPO, the Western Japan Inflammatory Skin Disease Research Group. This NPO receives funding support from the following organizations and companies: Japanese Society for Psoriasis Research, Amgen, Abbvie, Eisai, Taiho Yakuhin Kogyo, KyowaKirin, Maruho, and Sun Pharma.

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