AHRQ Review Evaluates Treatment Options for Plaque Psoriasis

Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis - Research Review - Final | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program

AHRQ Review Evaluates Treatment Options for Plaque PsoriasisInsufficient evidence is available to compare the effectiveness of different types of therapies for plaque psoriasis, according to a new research review from AHRQ’s Effective health Care Program.  Therapies include biologic and nonbiologic agents and phototherapy.  When comparing health measures such as quality of life, spread and severity of the disease, and physician and patient assessments of disease severity, limited evidence indicates the benefit of treatment with biologic agents versus nonbiologic agents.  Additional clinical trials are needed to compare the effectiveness and tolerability of these types of treatments and to determine which types of patients may respond best to specific treatments.  These findings can be found in the full review, Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis.

Research Review - Final – Nov. 27, 2012

Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

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Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis - Research Review - Final | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program