ArticleJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV2020
Tofacitinib in psoriatic arthritis patients: skin signs and symptoms and health-related quality of life from two randomized phase 3 studies.
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A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of 2 Doses Of Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) Or Adalimumab In Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of 2 Doses Of Tofacitinib (Cp-690,550) In Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis And An Inadequate Response To At Least One Tnf Inhibitor
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for psoriatic arthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of Systemic Treatments of Nail Psoriasis: A Systemic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Trial
- Assessment of the Safety of Tofacitinib Among Patients With Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
- Risk Stratification of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis for Treatment with Tofacitinib: A Review of Current Clinical Data.Rheumatology and therapy · 2024Article
- Skin Anti-Inflammatory Potential with Reduced Side Effects of Novel Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonists.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Itch as Major Mediator of Effect of Tofacitinib on Health-Related Quality of Life in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Mediation Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Skin manifestations in spondyloarthritis.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2020Review
- JAK Inhibitors and Modulation of B Cell Immune Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundPsoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, systemic immune-mediated inflammatory musculoskeletal disease. The onset of dermatologic symptoms often precedes rheumatic manifestations. Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of PsA that has been shown to improve dermatologic symptoms in patients with PsA.
objectivesTo investigate the efficacy of tofacitinib in improving dermatologic endpoints in adult patients with active PsA.
methodsThis analysis included data from two placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 3 studies in patients with active PsA and an inadequate response (IR) to ≥1 conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (csDMARD) who were tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi)-naïve (OPAL Broaden; NCT01877668) or an IR to ≥1 TNFi (OPAL Beyond; NCT01882439). Patients had active plaque psoriasis at screening and received a stable dose of one csDMARD during the study. Patients were randomized to tofacitinib 5 mg twice daily (BID), 10 mg BID, adalimumab 40 mg subcutaneous injection once every 2 weeks (OPAL Broaden only) or placebo (to Month 3). Dermatologic endpoints: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) total score; PASI90 overall; PASI75 and PASI90 by baseline PASI severity; Physician's Global Assessment of Psoriasis; Nail Psoriasis Severity Index; Dermatology Life Quality Index total and sub-dimension scores; Itch Severity Item; and Patient's Global Joint and Skin Assessment-Visual Analog Scale-Psoriasis question.
resultsIn patients with active PsA, including those stratified by mild or moderate/severe dermatologic symptoms, greater improvements from baseline and percentage of responders were observed in tofacitinib-treated patients vs. placebo for the majority of analyzed dermatologic endpoints at Months 1 and 3, and improvements were maintained to Month 12 in OPAL Broaden and Month 6 in OPAL Beyond. Similar effects were observed in adalimumab-treated patients vs. placebo in OPAL Broaden across dermatologic endpoints.
conclusionsTofacitinib provides a treatment option for patients with active PsA, including the burdensome dermatologic symptoms of PsA.
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