This is interesting.....
Biologic drugs for psoriasis were associated not only with improved skin condition but, as an added bonus, reduced atherosclerotic plaque burden, according to late-breaking data presented here.
Biologic therapy was associated with regressing coronary plaque burden over 1 year, Elnabawi told the audience, concluding that it may be of benefit to target proinflammatory cytokines related to cardiovascular disease.
"To see a reduction in coronary plaque after just 1 year of biologic therapy alone is incredible and very assuring. It's the first time we're seeing treatment of a skin disease with biologic therapy have an impact specifically on plaque in the coronary," according to principal investigator Nehal Mehta, MD, MSCE, of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in a press release.
"Our study results further emphasize the importance of patients maintaining and treating psoriasis to decrease the risks of adverse cardiovascular events occurring. This also opens the door for us to look at other disease states and see how anti-inflammatory therapy options could impact coronary plaque over time."