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Treatment of chronic plaque-stage psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis with mycophenolate mofetil

Contributors

Grundmann-Kollmann, Marcella; Mooser, G.; Schraeder, P.; Zollner, Thomas Matthias; Kaskel, P.; Ochsendorf, Falk Rudiger; Boehncke, Wolf-Henning; Kerscher, M.; Kaufmann, Roland; Peter, R. U.

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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, vol. 42, no. 5 Pt 1, p. 835-837

Publication date

2000

Abstract

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), a widely used immunosuppressant in organ transplantation, is a recent addition to the therapeutic armamentarium of autoimmune and inflammatory skin disorders in dermatology. We describe 5 patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis and 6 patients with psoriatic arthritis that was refractory to conventional systemic and/or topical antipsoriatic treatment who were treated with MMF monotherapy (2 g/d) in a 10-week study. Although MMF was tolerated well in all patients, only patients with moderate psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis improved with therapy, whereas patients with severe psoriasis did not respond to MMF. Although MMF seems to be effective and safe for blistering autoimmune diseases and pyoderma gangrenosum, our data do not allow optimistic statements on the use of MMF in severe plaque-stage psoriasis. However, MMF may develop into an interesting therapeutic alternative for patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic/drug therapy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycophenolic Acid/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use
  • Psoriasis/drug therapy/pathology

UNIGE affiliation entities

Not a UNIGE publication

Citation (ISO format)

GRUNDMANN-KOLLMANN, Marcella et al. Treatment of chronic plaque-stage psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis with mycophenolate mofetil. In: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2000, vol. 42, n° 5 Pt 1, p. 835–837. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2000.104890

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0190-9622
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