Plaque Psoriasis: Tapinarof Long Term Data

EP: 1.Evidence Based Treatment Options for Plaque Psoriasis

EP: 2.Roflumilast: Plaque Psoriasis Phase III Trial Overview

EP: 3.Plaque Psoriasis Treatment: Roflumilast Phase III Results

EP: 4.Roflumilast Itch Response for Plaque Psoriasis Treatment

EP: 5.Plaque Psoriasis Treatment: Roflumilast Adverse Effects

EP: 6.Tapinarof: Plaque Psoriasis Phase III Trial Overview

EP: 7.Plaque Psoriasis Treatment: Tapinarof Tolerability

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EP: 8.Plaque Psoriasis: Tapinarof Long Term Data

EP: 9.Real World Experience of Roflumilast for Plaque Psoriasis Treatment

EP: 10.Roflumilast Patient Selection for Plaque Psoriasis Treatment

LindaStein Gold, MD: This was an interesting long-term study that we did with tapinarof, and the design was different from what we had seen in the past. Patients who completed the phase 3 trials were allowed to enroll in the long-term open-label study. Long-term studies are safety studies first, but we also tried to look at whether there was a remittive effect with tapinarof. We did that by allowing patients to treat until their skin became completely clear. That means a Physician Global Assessment score of 0, and that’s when we took them off the medication. It’s a safety study with no new red flags and the same safety profile that we saw with the phase 3. But when we looked at efficacy, we saw something interesting. For a nonsteroidal topical that you used once a day, almost 60% of patients at some point during that long-term study got to almost-clear skin, and 40% got to completely clear skin. Was this surprising to you for a topical, Jennifer?

Jennifer Soung, MD: I’m just happy we have this option for our patients. I was a little surprised because patients tell us that as soon as they stopped a topical steroid, within a couple of days, it would come back. They’re frustrated because this is a chronic disease, and we don’t have a long-term option. It’s so nice to have an effective topical when a patient becomes clear so that they can take a break and not have their psoriasis immediately recur.

LindaStein Gold, MD: We call this the remittive effect. We charted this, and it turns out that on average, patients had a 4-month durable remission off drug. This means that half of them had more than 4 months and half of them had less than 4 months. For the vast majority of patients, they went several months at least without any disease coming back. I’ve seen this in my patients. Jennifer, you’ve seen this as well.

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