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ArticleRheumatology and therapy2026

On-Label Treatment Persistence Through 24 Months Among Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating Guselkumab or Subcutaneous Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors.

Philip J Mease, Jessica A Walsh, Timothy P Fitzgerald, Soumya D Chakravarty, Elizabeth Adamson, Bruno Emond, Carmine Rossi, Samuel Schwartzbein, Kana Yokoji, Yuxi Wang and 4 more

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Philip J MeaseRheumatology Research, Providence Swedish Medical Center, Nordstrom Medical Tower, 1229 Madison St, Suite 1450, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. pmease@philipmease.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-0457
Jessica A WalshSalt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Timothy P FitzgeraldJohnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA.
Soumya D ChakravartyJohnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-838X
Elizabeth AdamsonJohnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA.
Bruno EmondAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Carmine RossiAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Samuel SchwartzbeinAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Kana YokojiAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Yuxi WangAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Patrick LefebvreAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Dominic PilonAnalysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
Shikha SinglaMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Joseph F MerolaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Dermatology, and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-4353

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is limited prior literature comparing long-term treatment persistence between guselkumab and subcutaneous (SC) tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in biologic-naïve and biologic-experienced patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This study compared on-label persistence through 24 months between patients with active PsA newly initiating guselkumab or SC TNFi.

methodsIQVIA PharMetrics

resultsIn the guselkumab cohort (N = 804), 361 (44.9%) were biologic-naïve and 443 (55.1%) were biologic-experienced; in the SC TNFi cohort (N = 2490), 2171 (87.2%) were biologic-naïve and 319 (12.8%) were biologic-experienced. At 24 months post index, on-label persistence rates were 45.5% (guselkumab) versus 28.5% (SC TNFi; P < 0.001). Patients initiating guselkumab were 2.24 times more likely to be persistent with on-label therapy through 24 months than patients initiating an SC TNFi (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] 2.24 [1.90, 2.64]; P < 0.001). Results were consistent among biologic-naïve (2.36 [1.88, 2.98]; P < 0.001) and biologic-experienced patients (1.86 [1.46, 2.37]; P < 0.001).

conclusionPatients with active PsA initiating guselkumab were significantly (approximately two times) more likely to remain persistent with on-label therapy through 24 months versus SC TNFi, overall and among biologic-naïve and biologic-experienced subgroups.

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Biologic-experiencedBiologic-naïveGuselkumabPsoriatic arthritisSubcutaneous tumor necrosis factor inhibitorTreatment persistence

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PMID41239039
PMCPMC12816468

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