Monotherapy or combination therapy in PsA: current aspects.
Elpida SkouvaklidouParaskevi AvgerouKonstantinos D VassilakisGeorge E FragoulisNikolaos KougkasPublished in: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease (2024)
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease with heterogeneity regarding its clinical features, mainly affecting the skin and the musculoskeletal system; additionally, extra-musculoskeletal manifestations and comorbidities are common, adding complexity to its treatment. In the last decades, a plethora of therapeutic options have been available, including conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), biological DMARDs (bDMARDs), and targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs), and many recommendations have been published regarding the proper use of them in patients with PsA. In rheumatoid arthritis, the combination of conventional with bDMARDs or tsDMARDs is a common and recommended practice, whereas in PsA there is scarce data about the benefit of this combination. This review summarizes all the available data from randomized clinical trials, observational studies, and registries about the value of this therapeutic strategy.
Keyphrases
- combination therapy
- prostate cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis
- radical prostatectomy
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- electronic health record
- disease activity
- big data
- primary care
- healthcare
- cancer therapy
- single cell
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- systematic review
- soft tissue
- artificial intelligence
- open label
- ankylosing spondylitis
- wound healing
- replacement therapy
- double blind