A head‐to‐head comparison of ixekizumab vs. guselkumab in patients with moderate‐to‐severe plaque psoriasis: 24‐week efficacy and safety results from a randomized, double‐blinded trial*

BACKGROUND: Significantly more patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis treated with the interleukin (IL)-17A inhibitor ixekizumab vs. the IL-23p19 inhibitor guselkumab in the IXORA-R head-to-head trial achieved 100% improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI 100) at week 12. OBJECTIVES: To compare skin and nail clearance and patient-reported outcomes for ixekizumab vs. guselkumab, up to week 24.