Would you switch to bimekizumab if a patient with psoriatic arthritis who is already on an IL-17 inhibitor has breakthrough skin or joint disease?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
If this was a 'secondary failure' (loss of response after initial good response) of the original IL-17i, then yes. If this was a primary failure ('lack of response'), then no.
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at Hood River Dermatology If it was a primary failure, what would be your ch...
Yes. An abstract at this year's ACR Meeting (Sood et al., PMID 39182686) showed that patients who had failed secukinumab, ixekizumab, or brodalumab did respond to bimekizumab. Although the study included only 43 patients, it still provides solid evidence for a response.
If it was a primary failure, what would be your ch...