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Trial reportRheumatology (Oxford, England)2019

Precision medicine using different biological DMARDs based on characteristic phenotypes of peripheral T helper cells in psoriatic arthritis.

Ippei Miyagawa, Shingo Nakayamada, Kazuhisa Nakano, Satoshi Kubo, Shigeru Iwata, Yusuke Miyazaki, Maiko Yoshikawa, Hiroko Yoshinari, Yoshiya Tanaka

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Trial report in Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Precision medicine using molecular-target drugs in psoriatic arthritis.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2025
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  6. State of the Art Review on the Treatment of Psoriatic Disease.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2024
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  12. Targeted Therapies in Psoriatic Arthritis-An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  16. Automated clustering reveals CD4Frontiers in immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ippei MiyagawaThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shingo NakayamadaThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Kazuhisa NakanoThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Satoshi KuboThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shigeru IwataThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Yusuke MiyazakiThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Maiko YoshikawaThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Hiroko YoshinariThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Yoshiya TanakaThe First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: We sought to investigate the selection of specific biological DMARDs (bDMARDs) based on characteristic lymphocyte phenotypes for treating PsA. Methods: Of 64 patients with PsA resistant to MTX, 26 underwent bDMARDs therapy selected according to phenotypic differences in peripheral helper T cells on 8-colour flow cytometry. The efficacies of this strategic treatment and the standard treatment administered to the other 38 patients were evaluated at 6 months. Results: The 26 patients with PsA in the strategic treatment group were classified into the following four types based on peripheral blood analysis: (i) CXCR3+CCR6-CD38+HLA-DR+ activated Th1 cell-predominant type, (ii) CXCR3-CCR6+ CD38+HLA-DR+ activated Th17 cell-predominant type, (iii) Th1/Th17-high type and (iv) Th1/Th17-low type. Accordingly, ustekinumab was administered to the activated Th1 cell-predominant patients, secukinumab to the activated Th17 cell-predominant patients, secukinumab or TNF inhibitor to the Th1/Th17-high patients, and TNF inhibitor to the Th1/Th17-low patients. After 6 months of strategic treatment, there was a significant decrease in simplified disease activity index (SDAI) (from 16.2 to 3.52), DAS28 (ESR) (from 4.13 to 2.27) and psoriasis area and severity index (from 8.36 to 2.40). Low disease activity by SDAI was achieved in 24 (92.3%) of the 26 patients. The rate of low disease activity achievement according to SDAI at 6 months was significantly higher in the strategic bDMARDs treatment group compared with that of the standard bDMARDs treatment group. Conclusion: Strategic treatment in which different bDMARDs were selected according to phenotypic differences in helper T cells showed significantly higher efficacy than standard bDMARD therapy, indicating the value of precision medicine.

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AdultAgedAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, PsoriaticBiological ProductsFemaleFlow CytometryHumansImmunophenotypingLymphocyte ActivationMaleMiddle AgedPrecision MedicineSeverity of Illness IndexTh17 CellsTh1 CellsAntirheumatic AgentsBiological Products

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