Real-world Strategies for Management of Gastrointestinal Events in Patients Treated with Delayed-release Dimethyl Fumarate: EFFECT Gastrointestinal Sub-study Results - 27/03/19
Résumé |
Introduction |
Gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events (AEs) associated with DMF can result in premature treatment discontinuation.
Objectives |
To characterize effective real-world patient education and management strategies at sites initiating treatment with delayed-release dimethyl fumarate (DMF), as well as the impact of GI events on treatment persistence.
Patients and methods |
EFFECT (NCT02776072) is a retrospective study of patients age≥18 treated with DMF in the clinical practice setting. Data were captured via retrospective medical record review at a single time point. Sites completed a structured questionnaire regarding typical GI management practices at the center using a scale of 0%,>0–25%,>25%–75%, and>75%–100%.
Results |
Overall, 826 DMF-treated patients were enrolled at 65 sites; 809 were eligible for analysis. Over Year 1, incidence of GI events was 27% (216/809). Sites reporting that counseling was likely to occur by both the prescriber and an additional health care provider had lower discontinuation rates vs. sites that did not (2% [6/286] vs. 7% [33/495]).
Discussion |
Sites with lower vs. higher discontinuation rates were also likely to provide patients specific details regarding GI events (5% [33/693] vs. 10% [11/116]), recommend taking DMF with food (5% [39/750] vs. 9% [5/59]), or recommend using symptomatic GI therapies (3% [15/469] vs. 9% [29/340]).
Conclusion |
Overall, treatment persistence was high in this study, potentially due to most sites reporting a high likelihood of counseling and mitigation strategy recommendations for potential DMF-related GI events.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Persistence, Dimethyl fumarate, Effets gastro-intestinaux
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Vol 175 - N° S1
P. S101 - avril 2019 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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