This study by Lee et al. is the first to evaluate the association between adalimumab dosing intervals and uveitis recurrence in patients with AS. Authors investigated whether extending the dosing interval of adalimumab influences the recurrence of uveitis in AS patients with a history of AU who are on adalimumab therapy.

September 2025

This study by Olivares-Guerrero et al. provides comparative safety data from a clinical practice point of view, potentially contributing to facilitate the drug selection process for clinicians. New biologic treatments have a superior safety profile in real-world practice compared to adalimumab and its biosimilars. Olivares-Guerrero et al. used data from the BIOBADADERM registry of AEs to analyse the long-term safety profile of systemic treatments, including biological agents as well as new small oral molecules approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe PsO, using adalimumab and its biosimilars as comparators.

Wang et al. validated the effectiveness and safety of UPA in this real-world study of Chinese PsA patients. UPA demonstrated comparable effectiveness to secukinumab (SEC) in psoriatic lesion improvement while showing comparable joint symptom relief compared with adalimumab (ADA), coupled with a favourable safety profile.

August 2025

This study by Sobotkova et al. confirmed the similar efficacy and overall safety of biological treatment for psoriasis in older and younger adult patients. Authors compared a large cohort of older adults during the first year of biological treatment for psoriasis to younger adult patients with similar characteristics to advance knowledge about the biologic treatment of psoriasis in older patients.

July 2025

In this nationwide study of Swedish PsO and PsA patients treated with ustekinumab, etanercept, adalimumab, or secukinumab, spanning more than 10 years, the overall risk of MACE was low across treatment groups. There was no meaningful difference in risk of MACE between ustekinumab and the other treatments.

Burmester et al. provide insights into the benefit–risk profiles of UPA and adalimumab in patients with varying cardiovascular (CV) risks, suggesting that UPA may offer efficacy advantages over adalimumab irrespective of baseline CV risk, with generally similar rates of AEs. To better understand the benefits and risks of RA treatments in patients with different background CV risk, Burmester et al. assessed the short-term and long-term benefit–risk profiles of UPA and adalimumab in patients enrolled in SELECT-COMPARE.

May 2025

Poddubnyy et al. identified no apparent increase in the risk of developing extramusculoskeletal manifestations (EMMs) in patients with PsA, r-axSpA, and nr-axSpA receiving 15mg UPA in the SELECT trials. Majority of patients did not report a history of EMMs at baseline, regardless of disease indication or study treatment.

Maksymowych et al. evaluated the effect of ixekizumab and adalimumab versus placebo over 52 weeks on structural lesions in sacroiliac joints assessed by MRI in patients naive to biological DMARDs with radiographic axSpA from the COAST-V study. The authors reported a decrease in erosion and increase in backfill at Week 16 with further reductions in erosion and increases in backfill occurring at Week 52 in patients receiving ixekizumab.

January 2025

Poddubnyy et al. analysed five clinical trials to evaluate extra-musculoskeletal manifestations (EMMs) like uveitis, IBD, and psoriasis in patients treated with UPA. They observed low incidences across PsA, r-axSpA, and nr-axSpA. Numerically, uveitis rates were lower in
UPA-treated patients than in those receiving placebo, particularly in r-axSpA.

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November 2024

Buch et al. evaluated the efficacy and safety of filgotinib in patients with moderately active rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate response to methotrexate in the FINCH 1 study. At     Wk 12, ACR20 response rates were significantly higher with filgotinib 200 mg (77.9%) and 100 mg (67.8%) compared to placebo (43.8%). Safety profiles for both filgotinib doses were similar to adalimumab.