An Analysis of Patient-reported Outcomes in IXORA-S: Comparing Ixekizumab and Ustekinumab over 52 Weeks in Moderate-to-severe Psoriasis

• Main Authors: Lluís Puig (Author), Mark Lomaga (Author), Kristin Hollister (Author), Yves Dutronc (Author), Lovisa Berggren (Author), Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Patient-reported outcomes are valuable for assessing new psoriasis therapies. This study investigated patient-reported outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis treated with ixekizumab or ustekinumab, dosed according to their respective labels, for 52 weeks (IXORA-S-NCT02561806). Patient-reported outcomes investigated included patient global assessment, pruritus, skin pain, health-related quality of life, and work productivity. Ixekizumab-treated patients reported greater improvements in patient-reported outcomes sooner after treatment compared with ustekinumab-treated patients, and maintained greater improvements in patient global assessment scores (ixekizumab 0.72, ustekinumab 1.19; p < 0.001), rates of Dermatology Life Quality Index (0, 1) (ixekizumab 71.3%, ustekinumab 56.6%, p < 0.01), and 36-item Short-form Health survey physical component summary score change from baseline (ixekizumab 5.53, ustekinumab 3.28; p < 0.05) at week 52. While clinically meaningful improvements in patient-reported outcomes resulted with either treatment, ixekizumab provided more rapid improvements in patient-reported outcomes and superior outcomes for some assessments through one year of treatment, while maintaining statistically superior improvements in skin severity, as assessed by either physicians or patients.

Item Description

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1651-2057
10.2340/00015555-3700