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Research ArticlePediatric Rheumatology

Incidence Rates of Psoriasis in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Juvenile Arthritis Treated With Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs

Katelyn Baggett, Timothy G. Brandon, Rui Xiao, Zachary Valenzuela, Lisa H. Buckley and Pamela F. Weiss
The Journal of Rheumatology August 2022, 49 (8) 935-941; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.211359
Katelyn Baggett
1K. Baggett, BS, T.G. Brandon, MPH, Z. Valenzuela, BS, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
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Timothy G. Brandon
1K. Baggett, BS, T.G. Brandon, MPH, Z. Valenzuela, BS, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
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Rui Xiao
2R. Xiao, PhD, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
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Zachary Valenzuela
1K. Baggett, BS, T.G. Brandon, MPH, Z. Valenzuela, BS, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
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Lisa H. Buckley
3L.H. Buckley, MD, MSHP, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee;
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Pamela F. Weiss
4P.F. Weiss, MD, MSCE, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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    Participant flow diagram. CNO: chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis; DMARD: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.

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    Incidence rate ratio of new-onset PsO for each TNFi adjusted for covariates using Poisson regression. Covariates included sex, family history of PsO, and exposure to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. PsO: psoriasis; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.

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    Table 1.

    Patient characteristics by TNFi exposure.

     All, nTNFi-unexposed,
    n (%)
    TNFi-exposed,
    n (%)
    Infliximab,
    n (%)
    Etanercept,
    n (%)
    Adalimumab,
    n (%)
    Subjects5088306520231334304383
    IBDa37942250 (73.4)1544 (76.3)1301 (84.3)0 (0.0)241 (15.7)
    JIAa1189733 (23.9)456 (22.6)23 (5.0)300 (65.8)133 (29.2)
    CNOa10582 (2.7)23 (1.1)10 (43.5)4 (17.4)9 (39.1)
    Age, yrs, mean (SD)11.3 (4.7)11.0 (5.1)11.8 (4.1)12.3 (3.5)9.6 (5.0)11.8 (4.5)
    Female25371561 (50.9)976 (48.2)581 (43.5)207 (68.1)188 (49.1)
    Race
         White39252379 (77.6)1546 (76.4)1010 (75.7)238 (78.2)296 (77.2)
         Black469245 (8.0)224 (11.1)161 (12.1)27 (8.9)36 (9.4)
         Other/unknown693440 (18.5)253 (12.5)163 (12.2)39 (12.8)51 (13.3)
    Obesity141102 (3.3)39 (1.9)21 (1.6)12 (3.9)6 (1.6)
    Family history of psoriasisb16185 (2.8)76 (3.8)26 (2.0)29 (9.5)21 (5.5)
    DMARD968355 (11.6)613 (30.3)280 (21.0)213 (70.0)119 (31.1)
    • Certolizumab pegol and golimumab counts reflected in the TNFi-exposed column but not shown as separate TNFI columns due to small sample size.

    • ↵aFor specific TNFi therapy columns, n (%) refers to that of the underlying condition (row).

    • ↵bFirst-degree relative. CNO: chronic noninfectious osteomyelitis; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; DMARD: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (including methotrexate, leflunomide, and sulfasalazine); JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.

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    Follow-up duration, psoriasis cases, and unadjusted incidence rates per 1000 PY for entire cohort and for each underlying disease according to TNFi type and presence of a DMARD.

     Any TNFi GroupTNFi OnlyTNFi + DMARD
     All*IBDJIAAll*IBDJIAAll*IBDJIA
    Follow-up, yrs
    TNFi65044909154839063441434259814681114
    IFX427641629330292981421246118151
    ETN12200121429602939240930
    ADA100374224057845899425284171
    Psoriasis cases
    TNFi91642558499331516
    IFX535154040013110
    ETN2102170714017
    ADA171341192645
    Incidence rate per 1000 PY
    TNFi14.013.016.114.814.220.712.710.214.4
    IFX12.412.3013.213.4010.49.30
    ETN17.2–17.323.6–23.915.2–18.3
    ADA16.917.516.61919.620.214.114.129.3
    • ↵*“All” patients includes those diagnosed with IBD, JIA, or CNO.. ADA: adalimumab; DMARD: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (including methotrexate, leflunomide, and sulfasalazine); ETN: etanercept; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; IFX: infliximab; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; PY: person-year; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.

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    Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) in entire cohort and by disease.

     AllIBDJIA
    Any TNFi group SIR (95% CI) 
         All34.3 (27.9-42.1)32.0 (25.0-40.8)39.6 (26.8-58.6)
         IFX30.4 (23.2-39.8)30.0 (22.8-39.5)0
         ETN42.2 (27.5-64.7)–42.4 (27.6-65.0)
         ADA41.5 (25.8-66.8)42.9 (24.9-73.9)40.8 (15.3-108.6)
    TNFi only
         All36.4 (28.1-47.1)34.9 (26.4-46.2)50.8 (26.4-97.6)
         IFX32.4 (23.7-44.1)32.9 (24.1-44.8)0
         ETN58.0 (27.6-121.6)–58.6 (27.9-122.8)
         ADA46.6 (25.8-84.2)48.1 (25.0-92.5)49.4 (12.4-197.7)
    TNFi + DMARD
         All31.1 (22.1-43.8)25.0 (15.1-41.5)35.2 (21.6-57.5)
         IFX25.6 (14.8-44.0)22.8 (12.6-41.2)0
         ETN37.1 (22.0-62.67)–37.3 (22.1-62.9)
         ADA34.6 (15.5-77.0)34.6 (13.0-92.1)34.7 (8.7-138.7)
    • SIRs were calculated as the ratio of observed to expected number of psoriasis cases as estimated by the incidence in the general pediatrics population (40.8 per 100,000).24 SIR > 1 indicates that more cases were observed than expected. ADA: adalimumab; DMARD: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (including methotrexate, leflunomide, and sulfasalazine); ETN: etanercept; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; IFX: infliximab; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.

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