European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) 35th Congress

Maintenance treatment with bimekizumab achieves complete scalp, palmoplantar, or nail clearance in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, according to two phase III trials presented at EADV 2021.

In patients with chronic plaque psoriasis, once-daily treatment with roflumilast improved severity and burden of itch compared with vehicle cream, according to results of the phase III DERMIS-1 and DERMIS-2 trials presented at EADV 2021.

Baricitinib, an oral, selective Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor, may help improve hair growth in patients with severe alopecia areata, according to results from the phase III BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2 trials.

New data presented at EADV 2021 support the efficacy of secukinumab 300-mg dose in a 2-mL autoinjector compared with two 150 mg in 1 mL pre-filled syringes or placebo for psoriasis, with no new safety signals observed within 52 weeks.

The investigational, first-in-class, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor deucravacitinib showed durable efficacy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis*, according to the 52-week efficacy analysis results of the POETYK** PSO-1 and POETYK PSO-2 trials presented at EADV 2021.

The humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody risankizumab conferred long-term benefit for individuals with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who had inadequate responses to biologic and conventional synthetic DMARDs* (csDMARDs), according to the open-label extension (OLE) phase findings of the KEEPsAKE 1 and 2 trials presented at EADV 2021.