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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 310-+Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2017.01.052
Keywords
apremilast; clinical trial; ESTEEM; phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis; safety
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- Celgene Corporation
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Background: Randomized, controlled trials demonstrated efficacy and safety of apremilast for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Objective: Assess long-term safety of oral apremilast in psoriasis patients. Methods: Safety findings are reported for 0 to >= 156 weeks from the Efficacy and Safety Trial Evaluating the Effects of Apremilast in Psoriasis (ESTEEM) 1 and 2. Results: The 0 to >= 156-week apremilast-exposure period included 1184 patients treated twice daily with apremilast 30 mg (1902.2 patient-years). During 0 to # 52 weeks, the adverse events (AEs) that occurred in >= 5% of patients included diarrhea, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, nasopharyngitis, tension headache, and headache. From 0 to >= 156 weeks, no new AEs (affecting >= 5% of the population) were reported. AEs, serious AEs, and study drug discontinuations caused by AEs did not increase with long-term exposure. During the 0 to >= 156-week period, the rates of major cardiac events (exposure-adjusted incidence rate [EAIR] 0.5/100 patient-years), malignancies (EAIR 1.2/100 patient-years), depression (EAIR 1.8/100 patient-years), or suicide attempts (EAIR 0.1/100 patient-years) did not increase in comparison with the rates found during the 0 to # 52-week period. No serious opportunistic infections, reactivation of tuberculosis, or clinically meaningful effects on laboratory measurements were reported. Limitations: This study had a high dropout rate (21% of patients ongoing >156 weeks); most were unrelated to safety concerns. Conclusions: Apremilast demonstrated an acceptable safety profile and was generally well tolerated for >= 156 weeks.
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