학술논문

Risankizumab: Daily Practice Experience of High Need Patients
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Biomedicines. June 2023, Vol. 11 Issue 6
Subject
Care and treatment
Interleukins
Monoclonal antibodies
Psoriasis -- Care and treatment
Comorbidity -- Care and treatment
Language
English
ISSN
2227-9059
Abstract
Author(s): Alexandra M. G. Brunasso (corresponding author) [1,*]; Martina Burlando [2,3]; Fabrizio Amoruso [4]; Luisa Arancio [5]; Giovanna Malara [6]; Raffaella Manzo [7]; Maria Antonia Montesu [8]; Giacomo Caldarola [9,10] [...]
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease which affects 29.5 million people worldwide and it can negatively impact quality of life, especially when it affects a special localization, such as nails, face, palms and soles, or intertriginous regions. Risankizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody which targets the p19 subunit of interleukin-23 and it is currently licensed also as systemic therapy for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Here, we present eight cases of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis treated with risankizumab with a significant efficacy in the remission of the disease. Our cases represent a real-world clinical setting and provide a valuable adjunct to results obtained in the selected patients usually included in controlled clinical trials. In our cases, risankizumab rapidly improved clinical manifestations and relieved symptoms in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis, regardless of the presence of comorbidities or the location of the plaques in special sites, and without any safety concerns.