Research Article

Apremilast in Patients Difficult to Treat: A Multicentric Real-Life Long-Term Experience

Table 1

Characteristics of all patients reported.

PatientGenderAgeType of PsOParticular sitesPsADuration of disease (years)ComorbiditiesCancerInfection

1F47VPNo10Hypertension, pathological dry eye, cluster headache, irregular alveus, and altered lipid profile with hypertriglyceridemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
2M56Sub-eritrodermicYes15Arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, and chronic HCV infectionLatent tuberculosis
3M71VPNoHypercholesterolemia and obesityNSCLC
4F67VPNo25Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and interventricular defect with left-right shuntBreast
5M75PPPalmsNo30Latent tuberculosis
6M48VPPalmsYes6COPD
7M58PPYes20Metabolic syndromeHIV
8F76VPNo25Uterus

VP: vulgar psoriasis, NSCLC: non-small-cell lung carcinoma, PP: pustular psoriasis, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MTX: methotrexate, CyA: cyclosporine A, PsA: psoriatic arthritis, PsO: psoriasis.