Review of European registries for psoriasis

Abstract

Background: Patient registries are databases that contain clinical data for patients with a specific disease or medical condition.

Objective: The purpose was to identify psoriasis registries in Europe and examine their characteristics and implications.

Methods: We searched Google, the Registry of Patient Registries, and ClinicalTrials.gov to generate a list of European psoriasis registries. We also conducted a literature review for publications related to the psoriasis registries in Europe using PubMed.

Results: We identified 13 psoriasis patient registries in Europe.

Conclusions: Patient registries are routinely used in dermatology and psoriasis registries offer pertinent long-term safety information regarding conventional systemic therapies and biologic agents for psoriasis.

Keywords: Europe; Psoriasis; patient registries; post-marketing surveillance; registry trials.