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BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 176, Issue 3, Pages 594-603Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14814
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- ISCIII-Subdireccion General de Evaluacion and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Plan Propio de movilidad para investigadores del Instituto Maimonides de Investigacion Biomedica de Cordoba (IMIBIC) [PP13/009]
- [ICI1400136]
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A new generation of biologics targeting the interleukin-23-T helper 17 pathway has been developed. This study aimed to assess the short-term effectiveness and safety of these new agents using a network meta-analysis. Twenty-seven randomized clinical trials (10 629 patients) were identified by a comprehensive systematic literature review (PROSPERO 2015: CRD42015025472). Quality of evidence was assessed following Cochrane-compliant rules and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations approach. Efficacy and safety outcomes at weeks 10-16 were compared using a random-effects network meta-analysis within a frequentist framework to estimate pooled odds ratios (ORs) of direct and indirect comparisons among the therapeutic options. There were six direct drug-to-drug comparisons in the network, with a high degree of consistency between the direct and indirect evidence. From the available evidence, infliximab 5 mg kg(-1) every 8 weeks [OR 118.89, 95% confidence interval (CI) 60.91-232.04] and secukinumab 300 mg every 4 weeks (OR 87.07, 95% CI 55.01-137.82) are shown to be among the most effective short-term treatments, but are ranked as the biologics most likely to produce any adverse event or an infectious adverse event, respectively. Ustekinumab 90 mg every 12 weeks, the third most efficacious treatment (OR 73.67, 95% CI 46.97-115.56), was the only agent that did not show increased risk of adverse events compared with placebo. Treatment recommendations should also consider long-term outcomes and costs.
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