Systemic Therapy for Psoriasis and the Risk of Herpes Zoster: A 500,000 Person-year Study

JAMA Dermatology
Guy ShalomA D Cohen

Abstract

The risk for herpes zoster (HZ) in patients with psoriasis treated with biologic medications or other systemic treatments has been given little attention to date. To describe the risk for HZ in patients with psoriasis and its relation to treatment. A cohort study was performed using the administrative database of Clalit Health Services, the largest public health care provider organization in Israel, in the setting of general community clinics, primary care and referral centers, and ambulatory and hospitalized care. We extracted information for all patients who received a psoriasis diagnosis from January 2002 to June 2013. Follow-up was conducted until the end of July 2013. The study included 95,941 patients with psoriasis in the analysis, with 522,616 person-years of follow-up. Incidence of HZ events was calculated for each systemic antipsoriatic medication provided, during a follow-up period of 11 years and 7 months. We used a generalized estimating equation Poisson regression model to examine the effect of each systemic treatment for psoriasis on HZ incidence, adjusting for age, sex, psoriasis severity, Charlson comorbidity index, steroid treatment, and socioeconomic status. Incidence of HZ associated with systemic therapies....Continue Reading

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