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Long-term osteoprotective effects of IL-17A blockade with secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis: data from the PSARTROS-II study.

Louis Schuster, Alp Temiz, Melek Yalcin Mutlu, Koray Tascilar, Sara Bayat, Giulia Corte, Jürgen Rech, Axel Hueber, Anna-Maria Liphardt, Arnd Kleyer and 4 more

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Louis SchusterDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-8465
Alp TemizDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0804-3198
Melek Yalcin MutluDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Koray TascilarDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-826X
Sara BayatDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2799-184X
Giulia CorteDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-2218-6503
Jürgen RechDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2569-2029
Axel HueberDivision of Rheumatology, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Nuremberg Campus, Nuremberg, Germany.
Anna-Maria LiphardtDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-1959
Arnd KleyerDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2026-7728
David SimonDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8310-7820
Frank RoemerInstitute of Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Georg SchettDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Filippo FagniDepartment of Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany Filippo.Fagni@uk-erlangen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-0774

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the long-term efficacy of interleukin (IL)-17A inhibition with secukinumab on structural bone changes and clinical outcomes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

methodsWe conducted a phase-IV non-interventional study on adult patients with active PsA using high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) and MRI of the hand over 48 months. All participants received secukinumab treatment and were followed up according to clinical practice, with repeated HR-pQCT and MRI. Number and volume of erosions, bone density, cortical and trabecular microarchitecture and bone biomechanical properties were assessed based on HR-pQCT scans. MRI synovitis, tenosynovitis, osteitis, periarticular inflammation, erosions and osteoproliferation were quantified by Psoriatic Arthritis MRI Score (PsAMRIS)-Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) score. Study outcomes included drug survival and changes from baseline in disease activity, functional status and imaging-detected inflammation and damage.

results32 patients with PsA (40.6% female, mean age 56±7.5 years) were enrolled. Drug survival rate was 68.8% at 48 months. Secukinumab was highly effective in all PsA disease domains, with significant improvements in Disease Activity Score 28 (p<0.001), Leeds Enthesitis Index (p=0.027), Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (p=0.001), C reactive protein (p=0.09), Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease (p<0.001) and pain (p<0.001). Functional status measured by the Health Assessment Questionnaire remained stable. On HR-pQCT, bone density, microarchitecture and biomechanics were preserved. There was no progression of bone erosions (all changes were not significant). On MRI, PsAMRIS erosion and osteoproliferation subitems increased marginally (+1.4 and +0.8, respectively), while inflammatory changes remained stably low. No major safety signals emerged.

conclusionMultimodal imaging with HR-pQCT and MRI showed no relevant progression of structural bone damage over 48 months in patients with PsA treated with secukinumab, suggesting that anti-IL-17A therapy induces sustained osteoprotective effects in PsA.

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Arthritis, PsoriaticBiological TherapyBone DensityInterleukin-17Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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PMID41741168
PMCPMC12959165

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