Nearly three-quarters of patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis receiving etanercept 50 mg QW achieved significant improvement in disease severity over 24 weeks. This study also showed a favourable tolerability and safety profile with etanercept 50 mg QW.

Persistence is an important component of therapeutic success, which depends on a variety of factors. Persistence measured under optimal conditions during clinical trials does not necessarily coincide with persistence observed in the real-world settings. The aim of the present study was to compare persistence rate of TNF-alpha inhibitors and interleukin 12/23 inhibitor in all psoriasis patients in Hungary, as well as to analyze the predictors of persistence. Data collected from 1263 patients over a period of 46 months were subjected to a retrospective analysis. Drug survival rate has been calculated according to Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression was used to study the predictors. The overall persistence rate for the four biologicals exceeded 60% after 3 years. The persistence rate of ustekinumab at 3 years was 67.83%, which was superior compared to that of the TNF-alpha inhibitors, where the mean persistence rate was shown to be 50.76% (p < .05). Male patients showed significantly higher persistence than females (HR ¼ .76, p < .05 CI: 0.63, 0.92). Age, therapy-naïve status and use of concomitant MTX did not have significant effect on drug survival. Persistence rate of ustekinumab was significantly higher than that of TNF-alpha inhibitors, and among predictors, only male gender influenced persistence significantly. ARTICLE HISTORY

Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) belongs to CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorders with indolent clinical course. Classic histological subtypes, A, B and C are characterized by the CD4+ phenotype, while CD8+ variants, most commonly classified as type D, were reported in recent years. We present 14 cases of CD8+ LyP. In all patients, self-resolving or treatment-sensitive papules were observed. Of 14 cases 7 produced results with typical microscopic features of LyP type D mimicking primary cutaneous aggressive epidermotropic CD8+ T-cell lymphoma. The infiltration pattern in 4 of 14 cases were consistent with classic LyP type B, without CD30 expression in two cases, resembling mycosis fungoides (MF). The morphology of 2 of 14 cases shared a certain consistency with classic type A and C, lacking eosinophils and neutrophils. Extensive folliculotropism characteristic to type F was observed in 1 of 14 case. Significant MUM1 and PD1 expression were detected in 2 of 14 and 3 of 14 cases, respectively. We concluded that CD8+ LyP may present with different histopathological features compared with type D, similar to CD4+ LyP variants. Differential diagnoses include CD8+ papular MF, folliculotropic MF and anaplastic large cell lymphoma in addition to primary cutaneous aggressive epidermotropic T-cell lymphoma. We emphasise that rare CD8+ LyP cases may exist with CD30-negativity.

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