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The new report entitled Treatment Algorithms in Psoriasis finds that 60percent of surveyed dermatologists choose Enbrel as a first-line biologictherapy because of their familiarity and experience with the drug; 59 percentchoose Enbrel because of their perception that its side-effect/safety profileis superior to that of Humira. On the other hand, surveyed dermatologists whochoose to prescribe Humira over Enbrel do so for very different reasons.Fifty-one percent of surveyed dermatologists state that Humira's less frequentdosing (once every two weeks versus once or twice weekly) influences theirchoice of this agent over Enbrel as a first-line biologic therapy and 45percent prescribe Humira as a first-line biologic drug because of its betterefficacy in clearing psoriatic plaques.
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"Enbrel and Humira each garner more second- and third-line patient sharein our current analysis compared with our 2007 report," said Madhuri Borde,Ph.D., analyst at Decision Resources. "While Enbrel leads Humira in each lineof therapy, our physician survey data suggests that Humira's growingpenetration of early-line treatment in psoriasis will continue through 2010,in part at the expense of declining use of Genentech/Merck Serono's T-cellmodulator Raptiva."
The report also finds that 66 percent of surveyed dermatologists who arefamiliar with Centocor/ Medarex/Janssen-Cilag's interleukin-12/23 inhibitorStelara (ustekinumab) plan to prescribe the drug when it becomes available.Stelara is generating excitement among interviewed experts because of its highresponse rates and the potential for long-term remissions. Surveyeddermatologists who expect to incorporate Stelara into their therapeuticarsenal say that the greatest percentage of its total use will stem fromsecond-line therapy. This physician group estimates that 20 percent of theiruse of Stelara will be in first-line therapy, whereas 40 percent of theirprescriptions for the drug will be as a second-line treatment.
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