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. 2021 Sep 14;8(4):1493–1517. doi: 10.1007/s40744-021-00365-1

Table 3.

Recommended treatments for PsA by disease domain involvement [3, 105, 144]

Disease domain Treatment recommendationa
Enthesitisb

First line: NSAIDs,

Inadequate response to NSAIDs: csDMARDs, TNFis, IL-12/23i, IL-17is, JAKi

Dactylitisb

First line: csDMARDs

Inadequate response to csDMARDs/TNFis: switch TNFis, IL-17is, IL-12/23i

Peripheral arthritisb

First line: csDMARDs, TNFis, NSAIDs,

Inadequate response to prior DMARDs: IL-12/23i, IL-17is, JAKi

Inadequate response to prior DMARDs with skin involvement: IL-17is, IL-12/23i

Nail psoriasis

First line: TNFis, IL-12/23i, IL-17i

Inadequate response to prior biologics: switch biologic or PDE4i

Axial disease

First line: NSAIDs

Inadequate response to prior NSAIDs: TNFis

Inadequate response to prior NSAIDs with skin involvements: IL-17is

Psoriatic skin disease

First line: topical treatments, csDMARDs, particularly MTX

Inadequate response to csDMARDs: IL-17is, IL-12/23i, TNFis, PDE4ic

bDMARD biologic DMARD, CS corticosteroids, csDMARD conventional synthetic DMARD, DMARD disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, IL-12/23i interleukin-12/23 inhibitor, IL-17i interleukin-17 inhibitor, JAKi Janus kinase inhibitor, MTX methotrexate, NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, PDE4i phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, PsA psoriatic arthritis, TNFi tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

aTreatment recommendations do not include evidence for IL-23 inhibitors, as none were approved for PsA at the time of their publication

bCS injections can be considered on an individual basis for peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, and dactylitis because of the potential for serious side effects and inadequate available evidence for efficacy

cIn patients with mild disease