Table 2. Treatments patterns in patients based on severity level of PPP.
| Characteristics | All patients | Naïve patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Mild | Moderate to severe | Total | Mild | Moderate to severe | |
| N = 5162 | N = 1782 | N = 3380 | N = 2066 | N = 838 | N = 1228 | |
| Patients with least 1 PXa | 5108 (99.0) | 1732 (97.2) | 3376 (99.9) | 2066 (100.0) | 838 (100.0) | 1228 (100.0) |
| First line | ||||||
| No treatment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Topical therapy | 2366 (46.4) | 1331 (77.1) | 1035 (30.7) | 1056 (51.2) | 647 (77.6) | 409 (33.3) |
| Phototherapy | 273 (5.4) | 147 (8.5) | 126 (3.7) | 101 (4.9) | 64 (7.6) | 37 (3.0) |
| Non-biologic systemic drugs | 2441 (47.8) | 246 (14.2) | 2195 (65.0) | 902 (43.7) | 122 (14.6) | 780 (63.5) |
| Biologic drugs b | 18 (0.4) | 0 | 18 (0.5) | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 2 (0.2) |
| GMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tonsillectomy | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 0 |
a Prognosis,
b Biologics were not use for PPP condition at this investigation time frame,
C Three naïve patients’ treatment record were missing at first line in the claims database. Total number of patients in the cohort: N; data are reported as N (%) percentages.