Skip to main content
. 2019 Jul 3;9(3):553–569. doi: 10.1007/s13555-019-0310-5

Table 2.

Long-term outcome and SAE

Trial agent Efalizumab [13] Alefacept [14] Etanercept [15] Etanercept [16] Tofacitinib [20] Tofacitinib [21]
NCT number NCT00602823 NCT00422617 NCT00245960 NCT00663052 NCT01276639 NCT01815424
Number of treatment courses 25 14 15 16 31 14
Follow-up duration (years), median (min–max) 14.1 (2.5–14.4) 13.6 (0.3–13.8) 10.9 (1.2–12.3) 8.9 (0.1–9.4) 4.1 (0.2–7.4) 3.6 (2.9–4.5)
Cumulative relapse-free rate at 6 months,  % 0 0 66.7% 66.7% 33.3% 0
Cumulative relapse-free rate at 12 months,  % 0 0 50% 33.3% 12.5% 0
New arthritis, n (events/100 PY) 12 (3.7) 2 (1.3) 0a (0) 3 (2.6) 4 (3.0) 5 (10.1)
Erythrodermic psoriasis, n (events/100 PY) 7 (2.2) 2 (1.3) 0 (0) 3 (2.6) 4 (3.0) 1 (2.0)
Pustular psoriasis, n (events/100 PY) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
SAE, n (events/100 PY) 4 (1.6) 2 (1.2) 4 (2.9) 2 (1.8) 1 (0.8) 0 (0)
MACE, n (events/100 PY) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6) 2 (2.1) 1 (0.9) 1 (0.7) 0 (0)
Trial agent Ixekizumab [22] Secukinumab [18] Secukinumab and ustekinumab [19] Ustekinumab [17] Ustekinumab and guselkumab [23] Pooled
NCT number NCT02513550 NCT01365455, NCT01544595 NCT02074982 NCT00747344 NCT02203032
Number of treatment courses 15 34 24 30 14 232
Follow-up duration (years), median (min–max) 2.3 (0.5–2.4) 2.6 (0.1–7.1) 3.2 (2.1–4.3) 9.5 (0.9–9.7) 3.1 (2.0–3.3) 4.7 (0.1–14.4)
Cumulative relapse-free rate at 6 months,  % 29.2% 16.7% 22.2% 73.3% 0 31.3%
Cumulative relapse-free rate at 12 months,  % 9.7% 11.1% 0 27.5% 0 13.9%
New arthritis, n (events/100 PY) 4 (12.2) 5 (5.3) 4 (5.3) 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 40 (2.8)
Erythrodermic psoriasis, n (events/100 PY) 1 (3.9) 7 (7.4) 4 (5.3) 2 (0.7) 1 (2.4) 32 (2.2)
Pustular psoriasis, n (events/100 PY) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.1)
SAE, n (events/100 PY) 0 (0) 2 (2.1) 2 (2.6) 3 (1.1) 0 (0) 21 (1.5)
MACE, n (events/100 PY) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2.6) 3 (1.1) 0 (0) 12 (0.8)

PRESTA inclusion criteria required subjects to be diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Long-term outcome and SAE of the trials numbered in Table 1 were collected during and after the administration of biologics. Cumulative relapse-free rates were derived from Kaplan–Meier survival analysis

NCT number clinicaltrials.gov identifier, SAE serious adverse events, MACE major adverse cardiovascular events