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Articles tagged with "Psoriasis"

Psoriasis Tied to Increased Risk of Major Depression

Will Boggs, MD  |  October 8, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—People with psoriasis are twice as likely as others to have major depression, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). In earlier work, psoriasis has been linked to depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Studies have shown that both depression and psoriasis are associated with cardiovascular disease, which…

Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis at Increased Risk of Migraine

Shannon Aymes  |  October 4, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are associated with an increased risk of migraine, according to new research from Denmark. “The main finding of our study was a psoriasis severity-dependent increased risk of new-onset migraine, and patients with severe skin psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis appeared to have the highest risk,” Dr. Alexander Egeberg from…

XenoPort’s Psoriasis Drug Found Effective in Phase 2 Trial

Reuters Staff  |  September 15, 2015

(Reuters)—Drug developer XenoPort Inc. said on Tuesday its experimental drug was effective in treating psoriasis, sending its shares up 19% in premarket trading. The oral drug met the main goal in a phase 2 trial of patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque-type psoriasis, the company said. XenoPort said it expected to start late-stage trials next year…

Ustekinumab Found to Be Effective in Adolescents with Psoriasis

Rob Goodier  |  August 27, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Adolescents with moderate to severe psoriasis may respond to the human monoclonal antibody ustekinumab as well as adults, with no unexpected side effects, a new study found. The findings are exciting in part because patients in this age group have limited treatment options, the study’s lead author Dr. Ian Landells, of Memorial…

Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis Linked with Arrhythmia

Laura Newman  |  July 29, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Psoriasis is linked to a higher risk for arrhythmia, independent of classic cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, according to a study from Taiwan. “In my practice, arrhythmia as comorbidity is discussed during patient consultation along with other comorbidities,” said senior author Dr. Tsen-Fang Tsai of the Department of Dermatology at National Taiwan University…

Evidence Lacking for Tests for Psoriasis Patients Using Biologic Agents

Will Boggs, MD  |  July 25, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Various organizations recommend dozens of screening and monitoring tests for patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who are using systemic biologic agents, despite sparse evidence to support any of them. “At a population level, these medications have proven to be very safe and the evidence does not support such extensive and frequent…

Adverse Event Risk Data Drive Evaluation of Psoriasis Treatments

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, CGP, RPh  |  July 14, 2015

PSOLAR, the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry, is a multicenter, longitudinal, intercontinental, disease-based registry used to identify adverse events from commonly used psoriasis drugs.1 An evaluation of the risk of serious infection from systemic psoriasis treatments was recently published using data from PSOLAR. Ninety-three institutional review boards or ethics committees reported into the registry from…

Many Psoriasis Patients Have Undiagnosed Arthritis

Kathryn Doyle  |  June 23, 2015

(Reuters Health)—Up to 15% of people with psoriasis have undiagnosed arthritis that’s related to the skin condition, according to a new review. “The important takeaway,” said Dr. Abby Van Voorhees, director of the Psoriasis and Phototherapy Treatment Center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, “would be that further education is needed…

Data Collection Drives Evaluation of Psoriasis Treatments

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  June 10, 2015

For six years, the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry (PSOLAR) has collected data to assess the infection risk for drugs treating systemic psoriasis.

Biologic Drugs for Psoriasis Are Rarely Stopped for AEs

Joan Raymond  |  June 6, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Real-world psoriasis patients receiving biologic therapies rarely stop taking the drugs because of adverse effects, researchers say. Although data from long-term registries have shown similar results, “the demographics of patients in registries are somewhat different than those of patients in real-world practices,” Dr. Jensen Yeung told Reuters Health by email. “I have…

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