* Cardiometabolic profile, clinical features, quality of life and treatment outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
- Cardiometabolic, clinical and quality-of-life (QoL) measures were assessed before and after etanercept treatment in patients who had moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis with and without psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the PRISTINE trial. Adult patients were randomized to receive etanercept 50 mg once weekly or twice weekly double-blind for 12 weeks; all patients subsequently received etanercept 50 mg once weekly open-label through week 24. Metabolic syndrome was identified in 44 and 41% of patients with and without PsA, elevated blood pressure in 73 and 56% (p<0.05) and diabetes in 21 and 9% (p<0.01), respectively. Significant improvements from baseline in Psoriasis Area Severity Index were observed with etanercept therapy at all time points over 24 weeks (p<0.001) independent of PsA history. At baseline, patients with PsA had worse QoL than patients without PsA. After 24 weeks of etanercept, both groups had significant improvement from baseline in QoL, but the PsA group had greater improvement than that without PsA. Cardiovascular comorbidities were common in psoriasis patients with and without PsA, suggesting that clinicians need to be attentive to cardiometabolic parameters in this population. Worse QoL was demonstrated in PsA versus psoriasis alone. Regardless of patients' PsA status, treatment with etanercept significantly improved skin symptoms and QoL measures.
Overview of verb demonstrate
The verb demonstrate has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (24) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate -- (give an exhibition of to an interested
audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington")
2. (22) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an
example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound";
"The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")
3. (2) attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence -- (provide evidence for; stand as proof of;
show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness";
"The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision
demonstrates his sense of fairness")
4. (1) demonstrate, march -- (march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands
demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in
Seattle")
Overview of adj demonstrated
The adj demonstrated has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) demonstrated -- (having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt)
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