Changing Trends in Drug Prescription and Causes of Treatment Discontinuation of First Biologic Over Ten Years in Psoriasis in the Spanish Biobadaderm Registry

Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed). 2020 Nov;111(9):752-760. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2020.05.008. Epub 2020 Oct 12.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Background and objectives: Current psoriasis guidelines do not usually include recommendations about first line classical or biologic treatment. The objectives of this study were: to describe shifts in the prescription of the first biological treatment, and to compare treatment withdrawal and rates of adverse events over ten years.

Material and methods: Biobadaderm registry was analyzed to describe: first biological prescription in bio-naïve patients, adverse events rate and reasons for drug withdrawal comparing three periods of time (2008-2010, 2011-2014, 2015-2018).

Results: Anti-TNF drugs were the most prescribed biological drug from 2008 to 2010. Ustekinumab has become the most prescribed first biologic since 2014. The main reasons for drug discontinuation were adverse events, lack of efficacy and remission. In each period any treatment was less likely to be discontinued due to any of these three reasons comparing to the previous period.

Conclusions: The present study identifies trends in prescription of the first biological antipsoriatic drug in clinical practice from 2008 to 2018. It suggests that we have become more comfortable with the safety profile and more exigent with the efficacy of the drugs.

Keywords: Biobadaderm; Biologic; Biológico; Discontinuation; Interrupción; Psoriasis; Tendencia; Tratamiento; Treatment; Trend.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products*
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Humans
  • Psoriasis* / drug therapy
  • Registries
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors