Geographic Variations in Biologic Therapy and Disease Characteristics: A Pilot-Study in the Corrona Psoriasis Registry

November 2020 | Volume 19 | Issue 11 | Editorials | 1119 | Copyright © November 2020


Published online October 23, 2020

Clinton W. Enos MD,a Katie A. O’Connell MS,a Ryan W. Harrison MS,b Robert R. McLean DSc MPH,b Blessing Dube MPH,b Abby S. Van Voorhees MDa

aEastern Virginia Medical School Department of Dermatology, Norfolk, VA
bCorrona, LLC, Waltham, MA



DISCLOSURES
Ryan W. Harrison, Robert R. McLean, and Blessing Dube are employees of Corrona, LLC. Abby S. Van Voorhees has received grant/research support from Celgene, Lilly, AbbVie; Consultant: Celgene, Dermtech, and WebMD.

Funding sources: This study was sponsored by Corrona, LLC and the analysis was funded by Corrona LLC. Access to study data was limited to Corrona and Corrona statisticians completed all of the analysis; all authors contributed to the interpretation of the results. Corrona Psoriasis Registry is sponsored by Corrona, LLC and is funded by AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly and Company, Janssen, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Valeant.

The authors thank the participating providers and patients for contributing data to the Corrona® Psoriasis Registry. This study was supported through a partnership between the Corrona® Psoriasis Registry and the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board.



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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Abby S. Van Voorhees MD vanvooas@evms.edu