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ReviewAustralian prescriber2025

Psoriasis: an update on topical and systemic therapies.

Jonathan J Chan

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Review in Australian prescriber, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07366268 (Evaluation of Topical Apremilast Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Plaque Psoriasis), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07366268 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of Topical Apremilast Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Plaque Psoriasis: Clinical, Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorAssiut UniversityRan2026 to 2028Enrolled36ConditionsPsoriasisArmsApremilast Nanoformula 0.3٪, betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Pharmacological assessment of drugs retained in the 1Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jonathan J ChanSir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-108X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease with a genetic predisposition. Although manifesting predominantly as a hyperproliferative skin disorder, psoriasis is a systemic disease associated with a range of comorbidities including arthritis, cardiovascular disease and depression. Educating the patient that psoriasis is chronic and that there are possible comorbidities is paramount. Patients with a limited number of plaques and no systemic symptoms may be managed with intermittent use of topical therapies. Those with more extensive or debilitating disease may require phototherapy or systemic medicines such as methotrexate or one of the newer targeted therapies. Newer systemic therapies, including oral medicines and injectable biologics, can only be used following unsuccessful treatment with traditional therapies such as methotrexate and phototherapy. Biologic therapies for psoriasis offer the possibility of near-complete symptom resolution in people with psoriatic disease.

Indexed as

apremilastbiologic drugscalcipotriolcorticosteroidsdeucravacitinibmethotrexatephototherapypsoriasis

Identifiers

PMID40568686
PMCPMC12187478

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