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KEYWORDS Abstract There have been reports of paradoxical induction or worsening of psoriasis during
Psoriasis; treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ␣ agents (infliximab, etanercept, adalimumab, and
Palmoplantar certolizumab). It has been hypothesized that an imbalance between TNF-␣ and interferon ␣
pustulosis; might have a role in the etiology and pathogenesis of these reactions. Paradoxical psoriasi-
Guttate psoriasis; form reactions can be divided clinically into de novo psoriasis and exacerbation of preexisting
Erythrodermia; psoriasis. The first, which is more common and more extensively described in the literature,
Tumor necrosis occurs in patients without a history of psoriasis who are receiving TNF-␣ therapy for another
factor; inflammatory disorder. The second can occur with or without changes in the morphology of
Psoriasiform the lesions. In this article, we review the literature on the clinical and histologic features of
reactions; paradoxical psoriasiform reactions, analyze their clinical course and treatment, and propose a
Adverse effects; clinical management model for use in routine practice.
Induced psoriasis © 2012 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and AEDV. All rights reserved.
PALABRAS CLAVE Reacciones psoriasiformes paradójicas durante el tratamiento con terapia anti-factor
Psoriasis; de necrosis tumoral. Manejo clínico
Pustulosis
Resumen Paradójicamente se han descrito casos de inducción o empeoramiento de una psori-
palmoplantar;
asis durante el tratamiento con todos los agentes anti-factor de necrosis tumoral ␣ (anti-TNF␣)
Psoriasis guttata;
(infliximab, etanercept, adalimumab y certolizumab). Se ha postulado que la alteración del
Eritrodermia;
equilibrio entre el TNF␣ y el interferón ␣ estaría implicada en su etiopatogenia. Clínica-
Factor de necrosis
mente se distinguen varios patrones de reacciones psoriasiformes paradójicas: la psoriasis de
tumoral;
novo en pacientes que no han presentado anteriormente esta enfermedad y que reciben este
Reacciones
tratamiento por otra enfermedad inflamatoria, que es la más frecuente y la mejor descrita, y la
psoriasiformes;
exacerbación de una psoriasis preexistente durante la terapia anti-TNF␣, que puede presentarse
Efectos adversos;
con o sin un cambio de morfología. En este trabajo realizamos una revisión de la literatura
Psoriasis inducida
夽 Please cite this article as: Navarro R, Daudén E. Reacciones psoriasiformes paradójicas durante el tratamiento con terapia anti-factor
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en relación con las características clínicas e histológicas de este tipo de reacciones, así como
de su evolución y tratamiento, y planteamos un esquema de manejo en la práctica clínica.
© 2012 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y AEDV. Todos los derechos reservados.
Table 1 Review of the Literature: Articles With at Least 8 Patients who Developed Paradoxical Psoriasiform Reactions During
Treatment With Tumor Necrosis Factor ␣ Inhibitors.
Reference Type of Reaction Underlying Disease Total No. of No. of Patients Receiving Each
Patients Anti-TNF-␣ Agent
Kary et al. (2006)36 New onset Rheumatoid 5 Infliximab, 2; Etanercept, 3;
arthritis Adalimumab, 4
Exacerbation with no 4 Infliximab, 2; Etanercept, 3;
morphological Adalimumab, 1
changes
Goiriz et al. (2006)31 New onset Rheumatologic 2 Infliximab, 1; Adalimumab, 1
Morphological Psoriasis 6 Etanercept, 6
changes
De Gannes et al. (2007)52 New onset Rheumatologic 15 Infliximab, 5; Etanercept, 6;
Adalimumab, 4
Lee et al. (2007)69 New onset Rheumatologic 6 Infliximab, 3; Etanercept, 2;
Adalimumab, 1
Exacerbation with no 2 Etanercept, 1; Adalimumab, 1
morphological
changes
Seneschal et al. (2007)48 New onset Rheumatologic 13 Infliximab, 7; Etanercept, 3;
Adalimumab, 3
Harrison et al. (2009)54 New onset Rheumatoid 25 Infliximab, 6; Etanercept, 6;
arthritis Adalimumab, 13
Cullen et al. (2011)27 New onset Inflammatory 30 Infliximab, 21; Adalimumab, 7;
bowel disease Certolizumab, 2
Guerra et al. (2012)33 New onset Inflammatory 21 Infliximab, 14; Adalimumab, 7
bowel disease
Reference Type of Reaction Underlying Disease Total No. of Percentage of Cases With
Patients the Different Anti-TNF-␣
Agents
Collamer et al. (2008)26 New onset psoriasis and Rheumatologic, 104 Infliximab, 53; Etanercept,
exacerbations gastrointestinal, 29; Adalimumab, 18
with/without and psoriatic
morphological changes
Wollina et al. (2008)9 New onset psoriasis and Rheumatologic, 120 Infliximab, 52.5;
exacerbations gastrointestinal, Etanercept, 30.8;
with/without and psoriatic Adalimumab, 21.7
morphological changes
Ko et al. (2009)37 New onset psoriasis and Rheumatologic, 127 Infliximab, 55.1;
exacerbations gastrointestinal, Etanercept, 27.6;
with/without and psoriatic Adalimumab, 17.3
morphological changes
Collamer et al. (2010)25 New onset psoriasis and Rheumatologic, 207 Infliximab, 59; Etanercept,
exacerbations gastrointestinal, 19; Adalimumab, 22
with/without and psoriatic
morphological changes
Cullen et al. (2011)27 New onset psoriasis Gastrointestinal 120 Infliximab, 79; Adalimumab,
17; Certolizumab, 4
Denadai et al. (2012)28 New onset psoriasis Gastrointestinal 222 Infliximab, 69.4;
Adalimumab, 22.5;
Certolizumab, 2.7;
Not specified, 5.4
elevated expression of antimyxovirus-resistance protein The large majority of published cases refer to new onset
A (MxA), an adenosine triphosphatase that is selectively psoriasis, particularly in patients with rheumatologic dis-
induced in response to type 1 IFN and could be used as eases. Based on published studies, it has been established
a surrogate marker of lesional type 1 IFN activity. In that that the prevalence of psoriasis during anti-TNF-␣ therapy is
study, staining for MxA in biopsies from patients receiv- between 0.6% and 5.3%, depending on differences between
ing treatment with anti-TNF was more intense than in the the populations studied and treated.27,54 In a recent article
biopsies from patients with psoriasis vulgaris not associ- on psoriasis induced during treatment with anti-TNF-␣ drugs
ated with anti-TNF-␣ therapy. Such an increase would favor for inflammatory bowel disease, the reported prevalence
the formation of psoriasis lesions in predisposed individuals. was 1.62%.33
Subsequently, Seneschal et al.48 described 13 patients who Data coming from the larger series and from literature
developed distinct subtypes of psoriasis; biopsies from those reviews are not particularly homogeneous. This, and the fact
patients revealed increased production of MxA protein com- that not all cases will have been published, could lead to
pared with biopsies from healthy skin or from noninduced biased conclusions. In a recent review article that included
psoriasis lesions. Those authors concluded that increased 207 cases (after excluding patients with any known trigger),
IFN-␣ levels associated with cytokine imbalance (both situa- it was reported that 85% of patients had developed new
tions caused by TNF-␣ inhibition) could play an important onset psoriasis.25
role in the appearance of this type of reaction, which they There is a female predominance (2 women to 1 man), due
considered to be a drug reaction rather than true psoriasis. to cases associated with rheumatoid arthritis and inflamma-
However, another study found no differences between tory bowel disease.25,37 Series of patients with rheumatoid
induced and noninduced psoriasis on immunohistochemical arthritis show the greatest difference, up to 5.3 women to 1
analysis with staining for the mRNA of IFN and TNF-␣ and for man.54 When all cases are included, the mean age at onset
vascular endothelial growth factor.53 is 44.9 years (range, 13-78 years)25 ; however, the mean age
Some authors believe that there must be a genetic pre- among patients with gastrointestinal disease is lower (30
disposition, as the majority of patients receiving anti-TNF-␣ years).27
therapy for a wide range of diseases do not develop pso- Looking at all cases that were fully reviewed, the drug
riasis. Some environmental factor may also be exerting an most commonly implicated was infliximab, accounting for
effect, as the latency between the initiation of treatment 55.1% to 59% cases.25,37 In their review of the literature, Ko
and the appearance of psoriasis is very variable (from days et al.37 identified 127 cases reported up to September 2007.
to years).25,27,37 Those authors stated that the second most common drug
This wide variability makes it difficult to establish a was etanercept (27.6%) and, finally, adalimumab (17.3%).
causal relationship in some cases. It is therefore important However, in a more recent series by Collamer et al.,25 22%
to exclude any other factor that could trigger the appear- of all cases were on treatment with adalimumab and 17%
ance of psoriasis, such as infection, trauma, stress, or new with etanercept.
drugs.44 Cullen et al.27 performed a review of 120 cases, including
According to some authors, paradoxical psoriasiform 30 cases of their own, with the additional inclusion cri-
reactions are the result of a class effect, as cases have been terion of a history of inflammatory bowel disease. Their
reported with all 3 classic TNF-␣ inhibitors (infliximab, etan- results indicated that 79% had received infliximab, 17% adal-
ercept, and adalimumab), in frequencies proportional to the imumab, and 4% the new drug, certolizumab; it must be
prevalence of their use.37 More recently, the phenomenon taken into account that etanercept is not approved for use
has been described in patients treated with certolizumab, in inflammatory bowel disease.
a newer anti-TNF-␣ agent. In the literature, we have found Those percentages were proportional to the use of each
a review article describing 6 cases related to this drug in one of the drugs. In contrast, in a series of patients from
patients with inflammatory bowel disease, in addition to the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register,
another case from our own records.27 Recurrence after the with a description of 25 cases of new onset psoriasis in a
administration of a distinct anti-TNF-␣ drug supports the cohort of 9826 patients with AR, 13 were on treatment with
class effect theory.25,27,33,36,37,55 adalimumab.54 That group of 25 patients was compared with
Reports have also been published of cases of new onset another group formed of patients receiving treatment with
psoriasis or exacerbations during treatment with psoriasis disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; none of the patients
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associated with widespread pustular lesions. In 3 of the had been performed in 11 of their 13 cases. Clinically the
cases, there was a simultaneous exacerbation of the lesions were typical small areas of plaque psoriasis, associ-
plaques. None of them had previously presented general- ated with palmoplantar pustulosis or keratoderma in 3 of
ized or palmoplantar pustular psoriasis. The latency period them. In 5 patients, the authors observed a psoriasiform
varied between 3 and 40 weeks. Risk factors included infec- pattern with parakeratosis, hyperkeratosis, and acanthosis.
tion in 1 patient and abrupt withdrawal of the infliximab Three of those 5 cases also presented a lichenoid infiltrate,
in another. Lesion control by the addition of topical cor- and another 3 biopsies also showed a focal lichenoid pattern.
ticosteroids without the withdrawal of infliximab was only Keratinocyte necrosis was detected in 3 patients. Seven of
achieved in 1 patient. the samples had signs of spongiosis with epidermal edema,
Spanish authors have reported the case of a patient on and a unilocular subcorneal pustule was observed in another
treatment with etanercept for plaque psoriasis. The patient case.
developed pustular psoriasis 24 hours after undergoing the Recently, Laga et al.68 evaluated the histological spec-
tuberculin test, which could have been the trigger.73 trum of psoriasiform reactions associated with anti-TNF-␣
An erythrodermic form of psoriasis appearing after start- therapy in 16 biopsies from 9 patients. Those authors
ing the drug, with a shorter latency period than other types reported different histologic patterns, including lichen
of psoriasiform reaction, has occasionally been reported, planus-type dermatitis, sterile pustular folliculitis, and a
and we have also observed this in our clinical practice. pattern similar to psoriasis. They concluded that correla-
Santos-Juanes et al.57 described 2 patients with plaque tion with the clinical findings was crucial to be able to make
psoriasis who had previously received numerous psoria- a diagnosis in this type of reaction. In our opinion, reactions
sis treatments with suboptimal responses. Those patients that do not correspond clinically or histologically to pal-
developed erythroderma during treatment with etanercept, moplantar pustulosis or psoriasis should not be included in
but were subsequently stable during treatment with inflix- the group of psoriasiform reactions induced by or associated
imab and adalimumab. However, both patients showed with anti-TNF-␣ drugs.
an improvement of more than 80% in the PASI (Psoria- In favor of this opinion, other authors consider that the
sis Area Severity Index) after 4 weeks of treatment with histologic findings of psoriasiform reactions are identical
ustekinumab.57 or very similar to the patient’s psoriasis prior to anti-TNF-
␣ therapy and differ from pustular drug reactions. They
include epidermal hyperplasia, parakeratosis, epidermal
Histopathologic Characteristics
lymphocyte infiltrates, dilated capillaries, and intraepider-
mal pustulosis.53
Histological confirmation was only available for 39.4% of the
127 cases reviewed by Ko et al.37 Some authors consider that
these reactions present a histology compatible with palmo- Initial Management
plantar pustulosis or psoriasis, indistinguishable from cases
unrelated to anti-TNF-␣ therapy.36 The steps detailed below and in Tables 3 and 4 should be
However, Seneschal et al.,48 who described in detail the followed for the management of any patient who develops
biopsies of their patients with psoriasiform reactions during a paradoxical psoriasiform reaction during treatment with
anti-TNF-␣ therapy, did find some differences. Skin biopsy any anti-TNF-␣ agent:
Table 3 Initial Management of Patients With New Onset Psoriasis During Treatment With Tumor Necrosis Factor ␣ Inhibitors.
Table 4 Initial Management of Patients With an Exacerbation of Previously Diagnosed Psoriasis During Treatment With Tumor
Necrosis Factor ␣ Inhibitors.
Table 5 General Treatment of Paradoxical Psoriasiform possible class effect of the anti-TNF-␣ drugs, we recom-
Reactions. mend that the new therapy should act via a pathway that
does not inhibit TNF-␣ in order to avoid a deterioration or
Treatment Sequence
recurrence of the skin disease.
1. Add topical therapy (high-strength corticosteroids, • In case of erythrodermic psoriasis, the first step in all
vitamin D analogs, or combinations of the two) patients should be to substitute the drug by another with
2. Substitute the implicated drug (preferably by one with a a rapid response, such as ciclosporin or ustekinumab, to
different mechanism of action) treat the episode.
3. Combined therapy with another systemic treatment: • In patients with a change in the morphology of the psoria-
In mild or moderate cases: phototherapy and/or acitretin sis, which is not serious in the majority of cases, the most
In severe cases: ciclosporin or methotrexate widely used initial option is to continue using the same
drug at the same dose and to prescribe topical therapy. If
this is insufficient to control the episode, we recommend
substitution of the first agent by another drug, preferably
• A detailed medical history should be obtained, including
one with a different mechanism of action, as in cases of
the following information:
new onset psoriasis. Though possible, the option to add
◦ Sociodemographic details.
another systemic drug is, in our experience, less effec-
◦ Personal and family history of psoriasis.
tive. This delays the substitution, which will be necessary
◦ Personal medical and surgical history, including a drug
in the large majority of patients in the end. However,
history, paying particular attention to the duration of
therapeutic modalities such as phototherapy in monother-
drug treatments.
apy or in combination with acitretin in mild or moderate
◦ Details of the duration of the underlying disease that
cases, or drugs such as ciclosporin or methotrexate in
required the biologic therapy and concomitant or pre-
more serious cases, have been shown to be useful in some
vious therapies administered.
patients, as mentioned above in the text.
◦ Details of the duration of the current biologic treat-
ment and the dose at the time of onset of the reaction.
◦ Clinical course of the episode of psoriasis, the type or Ethical Disclosures
types of lesion, and history of similar rashes.
◦ Information sufficient to exclude possible triggering Protection of human and animal subjects. The authors
factors, such as infection, stress, or the initiation of declare that no experiments were performed on humans or
treatment with new drugs. animals for this investigation.
The management of these patients is not well estab- Confidentiality of data. The authors declare that they fol-
lished. The following recommendations are based on our lowed their hospital’s regulations regarding the publication
experience and on published reviews: of patient information and that written informed consent
for voluntary participation was obtained for all patients.
◦ Laboratory tests including complete blood count, liver
and kidney function tests, antistreptolysin O antibody, and Right to privacy and informed consent. The authors
pharyngeal exudate at the start of the episode. declare that no private patient data are disclosed in this
◦ Except in clinically characteristic cases, 1 or several article.
biopsies of the skin lesions. This is useful for diagnostic
confirmation because, as some authors have stated, not Conflicts of Interest
all reactions described as psoriasiform are true psoriasis.
Dr E. Daudén undertakes or has undertaken the following
The general treatment of paradoxical psoriasiform reac- activities: member of Advisory Boards, consultant, recep-
tions is summarized in Table 5. However, based on our tion of grants, research support, participation in clinical
experience and on our review of the literature, we consider trials and fees for lectures with the following pharmaceu-
it useful to detail the treatment of each one of the subtypes: tical companies: Abbott, Astellas, Biogen, Centocor Ortho
Biotech Inc, Galderma, Glaxo, Janssen-Cilag, Leo Pharma,
• In patients with new onset psoriasis during treatment with MSD, Pfizer, Novartis, Stiefel, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 3 M
TNF-␣ inhibitors, the initial use of topical therapy with and Celgene.
high-strength corticosteroids, vitamin D analogs, or com- Dr. R. Navarro declares that she has no conflicts of inter-
binations of the 2 is recommended. If this does not control est.
the episode, 2 situations may arise. When it is necessary
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