Publications

View and download slide summaries of the latest original articles focusing on therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases including rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology. All materials produced by the team are subsequently reviewed and approved by individual Steering Committee members.

August 2025

A long-term real-world safety study of guselkumab in patients with psoriasis who have infectious comorbidities, malignancies or heart disease: the EARLY study

Clin Exp Dermatol 2025;50:1786–1794 Doi: 10.1093/ced/llaf172

Megna M,

Lora V,

Lembo S,

This study by Mortato et al. enhanced the limited safety data on guselkumab in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who have clinically relevant infectious and oncological comorbidities as well as concomitant heart disease. Authors assessed clinical outcomes and safety of guselkumab in a large cohort of patients with concomitant chronic infection, cancer or heart disease over a long follow-up period, addressing critical gaps in clinical evidence.

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March 2025

Treatment of psoriasis with different classes of biologics reduces the likelihood of peripheral and axial psoriatic arthritis development

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025;64:1131–1137. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae257

Sichi L,

Frau A,

Piga M,

Floris et al. conducted a monocentric cohort study to assess the impact of biologic treatment on the development of PsA in patients with PsO. Treatment with biologics significantly reduced the likelihood of PsA development, with lower prevalence observed across different biologic classes and patterns of joint involvement.

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October 2022

Toxicity Signals Associated with Secukinumab: A Pharmacovigilance Study Based on The United States Food And Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System Database

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 doi: 10.1111/bcp.15535

Zheng Y,

Guo X,

Chen C,

Chi L,

Guo Z,

Liang J,

Wei L,

Chen X,

Ye X,

He J

This study explored the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and time to onset of the four main toxicities of secukinumab with hypersensitivity identified as the most common toxicity.