Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis

Efficacy of Risankizumab across distinct psoriatic arthritis (PsA) phenotypes identified with machine learning analytics using data from biologic DMARD-Naïve patients in two phase 3 clinical trials

Arthritis Res TherPublished Post hoc analysis of the KEEPsAKE 1 and KEEPsAKE 2 phase III randomised trials

Authors' conclusion

Five distinct PsA phenotypes were identified in patients starting risankizumab. Moderate to High Disease Activity, the most frequent phenotype, showed the highest response, though risankizumab demonstrated efficacy across all phenotypes.

Study context

Population
bDMARD-naïve PsA patients treated with risankizumab for ≤ 4 years (196 weeks) in KEEPsAKE 1 and KEEPsAKE 25 phenotypes
Participants
1,119 patients
Comparison
Distinct PsA phenotypes identified with machine learning, all treated with risankizumab
Primary endpoint
Classification of PsA patients into distinct phenotypes using machine learning (ML); response to risankizumab defined as MDA and DAPSA LDA
Follow-up
4 years
Methodological detailsunsupervised machine learning (finite mixture model), biologic DMARD-naïve patients
  • Unsupervised machine learning (finite mixture model)
  • Biologic DMARD-naïve patients

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Response to risankizumab across phenotypes (MDA; DAPSA LDA)

Minimal disease activity (MDA), range across phenotypes

42.9% to 58.8%

Disease Activity in PsA (DAPSA) low disease activity (LDA), range across phenotypes

66.0% to 82.0%

Original publication

Efficacy of Risankizumab across distinct PsA phenotypes identified with machine learning analytics using data from biologic DMARD-Naïve patients in two phase 3 clinical trials. Arthritis Res Ther. Published 29 November 2025. doi:10.1186/s13075-025-03670-0

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