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. 2020 Jun 26;40(10):1707–1716. doi: 10.1007/s00296-020-04635-z

Table 2.

The characteristics of the patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 who were on secukinumab therapy

Article Age/sex Disease Duration on secukinumab therapy Medical history Presenting COVID-19 symptoms Treatment Outcome
Favalli [11] 68/female PsA NR NR NR

Not hospitalized

Treatment details: NR

Managed at home with no any respiratory complication
Di Lernia [24] 73/female PsA 12–13 months

Hypertension

Tachycardia

Osteoporosis

Fractures

Hyperuricemia

Fever

Sore throat

Mild cough

HQ regimen (800 mg/day for 2 days, followed by 400 mg/day for 5 days) Recovered, 2 negative RT-PCR tests
Sharmeen [25] 78/male AS 16 months

Medications:

 Amlodipine

 Hydrochlorothiazide

 Losartan

 Nortriptyline

 Levothyroxine

 Rosuvastatin

 Tamsulosin

Fever

Severe dry cough

Fatigue

Myalgia

Shortness of breath

Frontal headache

Lightheadedness

Hospitalized

HQ and azithromycin (5 days)

Mechanical ventilation

Remained intubated with mechanical ventilation
Haberman [26] 51/male PsA NR

Hypertension

BMI > 35

Fever

Cough

Shortness of breath

Hospitalized

HQ and azithromycin

Discharged at day 3
Other cases with confirmed COVID-19 (n = 3) did not require hospitalization

PsA psoriatic arthritis, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, RT-PCR reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test, AS ankylosing spondylitis, NR not reported, BMI body mass index