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October 8, 2024
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Drug Survival of Interleukin (IL)‑17 and IL‑23 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Retrospective Multi‑country, Multicentric Cohort Study

Publicated to: American Journal Of Clinical Dermatology. 23 (6): 891-904 - 2022-11-01 23(6), DOI: 10.1007/s40257-022-00722-y

Authors:

Torres T; Puig L; Vender R; Yeung J; Carrascosa JM; Piaserico S; Gisondi P; Lynde C; Ferreira P; Bastos PM; Dauden E; Leite L; Valerio J; del Alcázar-Viladomiu E; Rull EV; Llamas-Velasco M; Pirro F; Messina F; Bruni M; Licata G; Ricceri F; Nidegger A; Hugo J; Mufti A; Daponte AI; Teixeira L; Balato A; Romanelli M; Prignano F; Gkalpakiotis S; Conrad C; Lazaridou E; Rompoti N; Papoutsaki M; Nogueira M; Chiricozzi A
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Affiliations

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Author
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - Author
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Porto - Author
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António - Author
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António; Universidade do Porto - Author
Clínica Médica Belém - Author
Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady - Author
Hospital CUF Descobertas - Author
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - Author
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol - Author
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario de La Princesa - Author
McMaster University - Author
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Author
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campus di Roma; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS - Author
Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli - Author
Universita degli Studi di Brescia - Author
Università degli Studi di Firenze - Author
Universitá degli Studi di Padova - Author
Universita di Pisa - Author
Università di Verona Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia - Author
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine - Author
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Abstract

Background: Drug survival, defined as the length of time from initiation to discontinuation of a given therapy, allows comparisons between drugs, helps to predict patient’s likelihood of remaining on a specific treatment, and achieving the best decision for each patient in daily clinical practice. Objective: The aim of this study was to provide data on drug survival of secukinumab, ixekizumab, brodalumab, guselkumab, tildrakizumab, and risankizumab in a large international cohort, and to identify clinical predictors that might have an impact on the drug survival of these drugs. Methods: This was a retrospective, multicentric, multi-country study that provides data of adult patients with moderate to severe psoriasis who started treatment with an interleukin (IL)-17 or IL-23 inhibitor between 1 February 2015 and 31 October 2021. Data were collected from 19 distinct hospital and non-hospital-based dermatology centers from Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. Kaplan–Meier estimator and proportional hazard Cox regression models were used for drug survival analysis. Results: A total of 4866 treatment courses (4178 patients)—overall time of exposure of 9500 patient-years—were included in this study, with 3164 corresponding to an IL-17 inhibitor (secukinumab, ixekizumab, brodalumab) and 1702 corresponding to an IL-23 inhibitor (guselkumab, risankizumab, tildrakizumab). IL-23 inhibitors had the highest drug survival rates during the entire study period. After 24 months of treatment, the cumulative probabilities of drug survival were 0.92 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.89–0.95) for risankizumab, 0.90 (95% CI 0.88–0.92) for guselkumab, 0.80 (95% CI 0.76–0.84) for brodalumab, 0.79 (95% CI 0.76–0.82) for ixekizumab, and 0.75 (95% CI 0.73–0.77) for secukinumab. At 36 months, only guselkumab [0.88 (95% CI 0.85–0.91)], ixekizumab [0.73 (95% CI 0.70–0.76)], and secukinumab [0.67 (95% CI 0.65–0.70)] had more than 40 patients at risk of drug discontinuation. Only two drugs had more than 40 patients at risk of drug discontinuation at 48 months, with ixekizumab demonstrating to have a higher cumulative probability of drug survival [0.71 (95% CI 0.68–0.75)] when compared with secukinumab [0.63 (95% CI 0.60–0.66)]. Secondary failure was the main cause for drug discontinuation. According to the final multivariable model, patients receiving risankizumab, guselkumab, and ixekizumab were significantly less likely to discontinue treatment than those receiving secukinumab. Previous exposure to biologic agents, absent family history of psoriasis, higher baseline body mass index (BMI), and higher baseline Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) were identified as predictors of drug discontinuation. Conclusion: The cumulative probability of drug survival of both IL-17 and IL-23 inhibitors was higher than 75% at 24 months, with risankizumab and guselkumab demonstrating to have overall cumulative probabilities ≥ 90%. Biological agent chosen, prior exposure to biologic agents, higher baseline BMI and PASI values, and absence of family history of psoriasis were identified as predictors for drug discontinuation. Risankizumab, guselkumab, and ixekizumab were less likely to be discontinued than secukinumab.
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Keywords

Good health and well-being

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal American Journal Of Clinical Dermatology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 5/70, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Dermatology. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 11.67, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-05, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 70
  • Google Scholar: 39
  • Open Alex: 41
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 53.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 53 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, with a probability of 72% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Canada; Czech Republic; Greece; Italy; Portugal; Switzerland.

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