Deucravacitinib Improves Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients with Moderate to Severe Psoriasis: Results from the Phase 3 Randomized POETYK PSO-1 and PSO-2 Trials. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2024 Aug;14(8):2235-2248
Date
07/31/2024Pubmed ID
39080153Pubmed Central ID
PMC11333388DOI
10.1007/s13555-024-01224-xScopus ID
2-s2.0-85200024132 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Deucravacitinib, a novel, oral, selective allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor, demonstrated superiority versus placebo and apremilast in the POETYK PSO-1 and PSO-2 studies. We describe patient-reported outcomes with deucravacitinib treatment versus placebo and apremilast in these studies.
METHODS: Two multicenter, global, double-blind, placebo- and active comparator-controlled studies randomized patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis 1:2:1 to placebo, deucravacitinib 6 mg once daily, or apremilast 30 mg twice daily. Score changes from baseline and meaningful within-patient change responses for Psoriasis Symptoms and Signs Diary (PSSD) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) were assessed.
RESULTS: In POETYK PSO-1 (n = 666) and PSO-2 (n = 1020), respectively, improvement from baseline in PSSD total score was greater with deucravacitinib (- 27.8 and - 30.1) versus placebo (- 4.4 and - 5.9) and apremilast (- 18.9 and - 22.5) at Week 16 and versus apremilast at Week 24 (deucravacitinib: - 32.8 and - 30.7; apremilast: - 21.6 and - 22.8) (nominal p < 0.0001). Improvement from baseline in DLQI score was also greater with deucravacitinib (- 8.5 and - 7.6) versus placebo (- 3.3 and - 3.0) and apremilast (- 5.9 and - 5.8) at Week 16 and versus apremilast at Week 24 (deucravacitinib: - 8.6 and - 7.5; apremilast: - 5.6 and - 5.5) (nominal p < 0.0001). Achievement of meaningful within-patient change in PSSD total score and in DLQI score occurred more frequently with deucravacitinib than placebo and apremilast at Week 16 and versus apremilast at Week 24.
CONCLUSIONS: Deucravacitinib demonstrated meaningful improvements in patient-reported outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis compared with apremilast and placebo.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03624127, NCT03611751.
