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Axial Psoriatic Arthritis An Update For Dermatolo
Axial Psoriatic Arthritis An Update For Dermatolo
Key words: axial disease; inflammatory arthritis; inflammatory back pain; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis.
P soriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, immune- and it commonly develops when patients are 30 to
mediated skin disorder associated with sig- 50 years old.11 Like psoriasis, PsA is associated with
nificant morbidity, reduced quality of life multiple comorbidities, including cardiovascular dis-
(QOL), and mortality1-3 that affects approximately ease, metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes, depres-
7.4 million adults in the United States.3 Comorbidities sion, uveitis, and anxiety.12
are common in patients with psoriasis, and psoriatic PsA is a potentially erosive disease, and approx-
arthritis (PsA) is one of the most frequently imately 50% of patients exhibit structural damage
observed.4 Approximately 25% to 30% of patients and functional impairment within 2 years of initial
with psoriasis develop PsA,5,6 an inflammatory, assessment13; many patients experience irreversible
seronegative, musculoskeletal disease that joint damage and disability with disease progres-
can involve the joints, entheses, or spine.7 sion.14,15 Axial involvement occurs in 25% to 70% of
Characteristics of PsA are heterogeneous and include patients with PsA,11,16 with exclusive axial involve-
nail and skin changes, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, ment in 5% of patients.11 Common symptoms
dactylitis, and axial spondyloarthritis (SpA)8,9; the include inflammatory back pain (eg, pain that
symptoms can present alone or in combination with improves with activity but worsens with rest, morn-
one another.10 PsA affects men and women equally, ing stiffness lasting [30 minutes).11,17 The diagnosis
From the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New Yorka; and investigator for Biogen Idec, Incyte, Novartis, Pfizer, and Sanofi
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Regeneron; and as a speaker for AbbVie.
Boston.b IRB approval status: Not applicable.
Funding sources: Supported by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corpo- Accepted for publication May 11, 2020.
ration, East Hanover, NJ. Reprints not available from the authors.
Disclosure: Dr Gottlieb has served as a consultant and/or as an Correspondence to: Alice B. Gottlieb, MD, PhD, Icahn School of
advisory board member for Avotres Therapeutics, Beiersdorf, Medicine at Mount Sinai, 10 Union Square East, New York, NY
Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Incyte, 10003. E-mail: alice.gottlieb@mountsinai.org.
Leo Pharmaceutical Industries, Lilly, Novartis, Sun Pharma, UCB, Published online July 31, 2020.
and XBiotech; has received research or educational grants from 0190-9622
Boehringer Ingelheim, Incyte, Janssen, Novartis, UCB, and Ó 2020 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published
XBiotech; and holds stock options with XBiotech. Dr Merola by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC
has served as a consultant for AbbVie, Biogen Idec, Celgene, BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Sa- nd/4.0/).
mumed, Sanofi Regeneron, Science 37, and UCB; as an https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.05.089
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is confirmed by physical examination and imaging defining features of inflammatory neck/back pain
(eg, sacroiliitis, spinal ossifications).11,17 Among (Fig 1),27,28 as well as limited mobility.17 However,
patients with axial PsA, cervical spinal mobility and 20% of patients show no symptoms of axial involve-
lateral flexion significantly decrease within 5 years if ment18,29; these patients are usually diagnosed with
18
untreated. Additionally, sacroiliitis worsens with PsA because they present with other PsA-related
time; 37% and 52% of patients develop grade 2 symptoms, such as dactylitis or arthritis.29,30
or higher sacroiliitis within 5 and 10 years, respec- Sacroiliitis is a common feature of axial PsA (25%-
tively.18 Therefore, early 50% of patients)31-33 and is
identification and treatment frequently asymmetric (73%
of patients with axial PsA is CAPSULE SUMMARY of patients).32 Patients may
critical. present with alternating pain
Cutaneous manifestations d
Psoriasis is an inflammatory immune over the sacroiliac joint/
of psoriasis can precede the disease associated with psoriatic arthritis, buttock, with the pain typi-
onset of PsA by approxi- a disease that can involve peripheral and cally lasting longer than
mately 3 to 8 years,19 and axial joints and cause permanent joint 20 minutes and being worse
1% to 3% of patients with damage and loss of function if untreated. during the second half of
psoriasis develop PsA annu- d Dermatologists play an important role in the night (Fig 1).27,33,34
5,20
ally. Therefore, dermatol- the early diagnosis and treatment of Sacroiliitis can be assessed
ogists play a critical role in psoriatic arthritis by proactively clinically by asking simple
early detection for patients screening patients with psoriasis. questions (eg, ‘‘Is your pain
with PsA.11 However, PsA is worse at night?’’ or ‘‘How
frequently underdiagnosed, long does your pain typically
with up to 41% of patients with psoriasis treated at last?’’) to determine if a patient’s symptoms are
dermatology centers having undiagnosed PsA.6,21 To characteristic of inflammatory sacroiliac joint pain
address this problem, the new American Academy of (Fig 1).
Dermatology/National Psoriasis Foundation guide- Comorbidities are common, with psoriasis being
lines emphasize the role of dermatologists in recog- the most frequent (80% of patients).9 Other comor-
nizing PsA and recommend proactive screening of bidities of axial PsA include uveitis and inflammatory
patients.4 Therefore, it is important that dermatolo- bowel disease (IBD). Uveitis occurs in 6% to 7% of
gists be familiar with the signs of PsA, including those patients with PsA but is more common (up to 33%) in
associated with axial involvement. Here, we review those with axial involvement.35 Uveitis in axial PsA is
axial PsA and describe its clinical presentation, risk more common in men, in younger patients (aged
factors, pathology, and treatment options. \34 years), and in those positive for human leuko-
cyte antigen (HLA)-B27.35 IBD occurs in 11% of
CLINICAL FEATURES OF AXIAL PsA patients with axial PsA and is significantly more
Axial involvement in PsA usually occurs in young common in patients with axial involvement than in
patients (\40 years old).22 Although axial PsA had those with peripheral-only PsA (2%).22
been thought to be more prevalent in men, an
analysis of the US Corrona PsA/Spondyloarthritis
Registrydwhich compared patients with PsA with IMPACT ON QOL
and without axial involvementdfound no significant Axial PsA has a significant impact on QOL and is
differences in the proportion of men and women associated with worse disease than that seen in
with axial involvement.23 patients without axial involvement.23 In an analysis
Most patients with PsA have preceding psoriasis, of the US Corrona Registry, patients with axial
but a small percentage (approximately 15%) have no involvement had more severe skin manifestations,
psoriasis at diagnosis.24 That proportion may be higher tender joint counts, more enthesitis, and
lower if one includes inverse/intertriginous psoria- worse disease activity.23 Similarly, patients with axial
sis, which occurs in less frequently examined areas PsA had worse pain than patients without axial
of body folds.25 Patients with PsA can also present involvement and had significantly impaired physical
with enthesitis, dactylitis (sausage digit), nail function and QOL (P \ .001).23 Patients with axial
11,22,23,26
changes, and peripheral arthritis. Typical involvement also had decreased work productivity,
symptoms of axial PsA include morning back/neck with significantly higher proportions of missed work
stiffness that lasts longer than 30 minutes and neck or time (10.0% vs 3.3%), overall work impairment
back pain that improves with activity and worsens (32.3% vs 16.8%) and overall activity impairment
after prolonged inactivity,11,17,18,23 which are (37.0% vs 18.1%; P \ .001 for all). Problems with
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Fig 1. Characteristics of inflammatory neck or back pain and sacroiliac joint pain.27,28,33,34
Fig 3. The Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Screen.45 A score of 8 or more points indicates psoriatic
arthritis. The questions that refer to axial involvement are highlighted. Not available for free.
(Reproduced from Gladman et al45 with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the
European League Against Rheumatism.)
Fig 4. The PASE and EARP questionnaires.46,47 Questions that can help identify axial
involvement are highlighted. Questionnaires not available for free. EARP, Early Arthritis for
Psoriatic Patients; PASE, Psoriatic Arthritis Screening and Evaluation.
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Fig 5. Psoriatic arthritis mnemonic: It’s as easy as PSA.30 (Photograph of the hand showing
dactylitis reproduced with permission of Dove Medical Press from Yamamoto T. Optimal
management of dactylitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Open Access Rheumatol 2015;7:55-
62.)
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accordance with Good Publication Practice (GPP3) guide-
Axial psoriatic arthritis: update on a longterm prospective
lines (http://www.ismpp.org/gpp3). study. J Rheumatol. 2009;36:2744-2750.
19. Tascilar K, Aydin SZ, Akar S, et al. Delay between the onset of
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