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ArticleDermatologic therapy2022

Real world practice indirect comparison between guselkumab and risankizumab: Results from an Italian retrospective study.

Angelo Ruggiero, Gabriella Fabbrocini, Eleonora Cinelli, Matteo Megna

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Article in Dermatologic therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angelo RuggieroSection of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4658-7391
Gabriella FabbrociniSection of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0064-1874
Eleonora CinelliSection of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3046-5493
Matteo MegnaSection of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1803-2046
University of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IL-23-inhibitors, such as guselkumab and risankizumab, represent the newest class of biologics approved for psoriasis. Phase III trials have shown their efficacy and safety. However, real life data are still scant. to indirectly compare the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of guselkumab and risankizumab in real world practice. An Italian single-center retrospective cohort study enrolling moderate-to-severe psoriasis patients from September 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020 was performed to indirectly compare guselkumab and risankizumab efficacy and safety. Sixty eight patients were included (36 received guselkumab and 32 risankizumab). The groups were comparable for all analyzed characteristics, except for mean psoriasis duration (p < 0.01) which was higher for guselkumab. In guselkumab group, mean PASI reduced from 16.1 ± 6.4 (baseline) 2.1 ± 0.9 (week-28) (p < 0.001) up to 0.9 ± 0.8 (week-44) (p < 0.001). In risankizumab group mean PASI decreased from 13.5 ± 4.9 (baseline) 1.9 ± 0.8 (p < 0.001), (week-28) (p < 0.001) up to 0.9 ± 0.4 (week-40) (p < 0.001). No significant difference in mean PASI and BSA were observed between the treatments. No cases of serious AEs, injection site reaction, candida, malignancy, cardiovascular events were reported in both groups. Guselkumab and risankizumab showed favorable efficacy and safety profile, being comparable in terms of PASI90 and PASI100 responses as well as in AEs frequency and discontinuation rates.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalPsoriasisAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedguselkumabrisankizumabanti-IL-23biologicsguselkumabindirect comparisonpsoriasisreal worldrisankizumab

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PMID34800070
PMCPMC9285826
OpenAlexW3213569044

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