Concomitant Moderate to Severe Cutaneous Lesions Have Marked Impact on Quality of Life in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Cross-Sectional Insight from Two Phase 3 Randomised Clinical Trials in Adults.

Abstract

For the first time and in a large study we have shown that in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), health-related quality of life was negatively affected by the presence of moderate-to-severe skin lesions compared with patients with active SLE who had no/mild skin lesions.