Heart Risk Unclear for Psoriasis Drugs
By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: August 24, 2011
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Preliminary signals of excess cardiovascular risk with two monoclonal antibodies used for treating plaque psoriasis were not confirmed in a meta-analysis, but the analysis may not have been sufficiently powered to detect a significant increase, the reviewers said.
Among 3,178 patients receiving the anti-interleukin (IL)-12/23 agents ustekinumab (Stelara) or briakinumab in the placebo-controlled phases of randomized trials, there were 10 major adverse cardiac events, according to Caitriona Ryan, MBBCh, of Baylor University in Dallas, and colleagues.
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