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. 2022 Nov 16;35(12):e15958. doi: 10.1111/dth.15958

TABLE 2.

Treatment history for psoriasis

Treatment history N n (%) unless otherwise stated
Topical therapy
Number of topical therapy use
1 topical therapy 12 (7.4%)
>1 topical therapies 126 (77.3%)
None/No data 25 (15.3%)
Duration of topical therapy use (month), median (IQR) 56 73.4 (118.8)
Previously used topical therapy
Topical corticosteroid 131 (94.9%)
Coal tar 114 (82.6%)
Vitamin D analogues 82 (59.4%)
Salicylic acid 33 (23.9%)
Mineral oil 18 (13.0%)
Calcineurin inhibitors 14 (10.1%)
Anthralin 4 (2.9%)
Olive oil 3 (2.2%)
Systemic therapy
Number of systemic therapy use
1 systemic therapy 39 (23.9%)
2 systemic therapies 38 (23.3%)
3 systemic therapies 24 (14.7%)
None/No data 62 (38.0%)
Duration of systemic therapy use (month), median (IQR) 55 60.0 (132.7)
Previously used systemic therapy
Methotrexate 88 (87.1%)
Acitretin 54 (53.5%)
Cyclosporine 42 (41.6%)
Sulfasalazine 3 (3.0%)
Biologic therapy
Number of systemic therapy use
1 biologic therapy 29 (17.8%)
2 biologic therapies 5 (3.1%)
3 biologic therapies 1 (0.7%)
None/No data 128 (78.5%)
Duration of biologic therapy use (month), median (IQR) 25 9.3 (28.2)
Previously used biologic therapy 35
Etanercept 10 (28.6%)
Ixekizumab 10 (28.6%)
Infliximab 8 (22.9%)
Secukinumab 6 (17.1%)
Ustekinumab 6 (17.1%)
Brodalumab 1 (2.9%)
Golimumab 1 (2.9%)

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.