Comparative efficacy and incremental cost per responder of methotrexate versus apremilast for methotrexate-naive patients with psoriasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2016 07. e-pub ahead of print 2016/08/02

We sought to compare apremilast's relative efficacy with that of methotrexThere was no statistical evidence of greater efficacy for apremilast versus methotrexate. The $187,888 incremental cost per PASI 75 may exceed what payers are willing to pay.ate for moderate to severe psoriasis.

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Authors

Armstrong AW, Betts KA, Sundaram M, Thomason D, Signorovitch JE.