Real-World Adherence and Discontinuation of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the United States
Autor: | Baanie Sawhney, Richard D. Carr, Tracey Weiss, Robert Boggs, Swapnil Rajpathak, Lingfeng Yang, Sampriti Pal, Kristy Iglay |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (miscellaneous) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine 050602 political science & public administration medicine 030212 general & internal medicine adherence Medical prescription GLP-1 RA Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) Original Research business.industry Health Policy 05 social sciences Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Glucagon-like peptide-1 United States 0506 political science Administrative claims Discontinuation Patient Preference and Adherence business Dosing Frequency Social Sciences (miscellaneous) discontinuation |
Zdroj: | Patient preference and adherence |
ISSN: | 1177-889X |
Popis: | Tracey Weiss,1 Richard D Carr,2,3 Sampriti Pal,4 Lingfeng Yang,1 Baanie Sawhney,4 Robert Boggs,1 Swapnil Rajpathak,1 Kristy Iglay1 1Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence, Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA; 2Global Medical Affairs, Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD), Hoddesdon, EN11 9BU, UK; 3Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6HX, UK; 4Real-World Evidence, Complete HEOR Solutions (CHEORS), Pennsylvania, PA, 19454, USACorrespondence: Tracey Weiss Tel +1 (908) 873-9697Email tracey.weiss@merck.comAim: To assess adherence and discontinuation of injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) at 12 and 24 months among adult type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in the United States initiating GLP-1 RA using the administrative claims-based database, Optum Clinformatics® Data Mart 7.1.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from 01/2009 to 12/2017. Patients were required to be continuously enrolled for 12 months prior to their first GLP-1 RA prescription. Proportion of days covered (PDC) from prescription claims ≥ 0.80 defined adherence. Discontinuation was defined as a ≥ 90-day gap from the last date of GLP-1 RA supply to the first date of subsequent prescription claim.Results: A total of 4791 T2DM patients had ≥ 1 and 3907 had ≥ 2 GLP-1 RA prescription claims. 50.9% and 47.4% of patients were adherent at 12 and 24 months, respectively. Adherence was significantly higher among patients on weekly vs daily doses (p< 0.001). Median time to discontinuation was 13 months. The discontinuation rate was 47.7% and 70.1% at 12 and 24 months, respectively, with differences at 24 months for age and dosing frequency (p< 0.001 for both).Conclusion: Over half of T2DM patients initiating GLP-1 RA were non-adherent and the majority (70.1%) discontinued therapy by 24 months. Reasons for non-adherence and discontinuation merit further research.Keywords: GLP-1 RA, adherence, discontinuation, United States |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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