Does the presence of psoriatic arthritis affect your decision to use an anti-IL-17 or IL-23 drug in your psoriasis patients?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I tend to prefer IL-17s in patients with PsA as an indirect assessment of clinical trials suggests they are more effective than IL-23s (which fits my clinical experience) for PsA. IL-17s are also more effective for axial disease (IL-23s are not very effective in axial disease). If there is a history...
The presence of psoriatic arthritis has little to no impact on my choice between IL-23 and IL-17 treatments. For patients with bad psoriasis and no psoriatic arthritis, I tend to recommend IL-23 antagonists as the first-line treatment because of their efficacy, safety, and dosing regimen. For patien...