PMID- 37841017 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 2296-858X (Print) IS - 2296-858X (Electronic) IS - 2296-858X (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2023 TI - The efficacy and safety of tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor deucravacitinib in the treatment of plaque psoriasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PG - 1264667 LID - 10.3389/fmed.2023.1264667 [doi] LID - 1264667 AB - BACKGROUND: Orally effective therapeutics for plaque psoriasis with improved response rates, lower toxicity and costs are needed in clinical practices. This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of the recently approved TYK2 inhibitor deucravacitinib in adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis through meta-analysis. METHODS: A systematic search was performed for eligible studies using electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Clinical Trials, the EU Clinical Trials Register, and the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the efficacy and safety of deucravacitinib vs. placebo or active comparators in adult patients with plaque psoriasis were included. The effectiveness of deucravacitinib was evaluated using a 75% improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI 75) from baseline and the proportion of patients achieving the static Physician's Global Assessment (sPGA) response. The secondary endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving PASI 90, PASI 100, ssPGA 0/1, and Dermatology Life Quality Index 0/1 (DLQI). The incidence of adverse events (AEs), serious AEs (SAEs), and AE-related treatment discontinuation were statistically analyzed to determine the safety of deucravacitinib. RESULTS: The systematic review and meta-analysis included five RCTs involving 2,198 patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Results showed that deucravacitinib was superior to placebo as well as active comparator apremilast in multiple key endpoints, including PASI 75, sPGA 0/1, PASI 90, PASI 100, DLQI 0/1 at week 16. Moreover, a durable response was seen in the two 52-week studies. Safety assessment showed that deucravacitinib was generally well tolerated, and the incidence of AEs, SAEs, and AE-related treatment discontinuation was low and balanced across groups. CONCLUSION: Deucravacitinib demonstrated superior efficacy to apremilast in adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis with an acceptable safety profile and has the potential to be used as the first-line oral therapy for plaque psoriasis. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Qiu, Liu, Liu, Lin and Shi. FAU - Qiu, Jingyue AU - Qiu J AD - Pharmaceutical Department, PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Jiakuo AU - Liu J AD - Pharmaceutical Department, PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Wenwen AU - Liu W AD - Shandong Provincial Center for ADR Monitoring, Jinan, China. FAU - Lin, Fei AU - Lin F AD - Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China. AD - Clinical Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China. FAU - Shi, Ning AU - Shi N AD - Pharmaceutical Department, PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20230929 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Med (Lausanne) JT - Frontiers in medicine JID - 101648047 PMC - PMC10570425 OTO - NOTNLM OT - TYK2 inhibitor OT - autoimmune disease OT - deucravacitinib OT - meta-analysis OT - psoriasis COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/10/16 06:48 MHDA- 2023/10/16 06:49 PMCR- 2023/09/29 CRDT- 2023/10/16 04:26 PHST- 2023/08/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/16 06:49 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/16 06:48 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/16 04:26 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmed.2023.1264667 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Sep 29;10:1264667. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1264667. eCollection 2023.