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A Prospective International Study on Adherence to Treatment in 305 Patients With Flaring SLE: Assessment by Drug Levels and Self‐Administered Questionnaires

Costedoat-Chalumeau, N; Houssiau, F; Izmirly, P; Le Guern, V; Navarra, S; Jolly, M; Ruiz-Irastorza, G; ... Isenberg, D; + view all (2019) A Prospective International Study on Adherence to Treatment in 305 Patients With Flaring SLE: Assessment by Drug Levels and Self‐Administered Questionnaires. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics , 106 (2) pp. 374-382. Green open access

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Abstract

Nonadherence to treatment is a major cause of lupus flares. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a major medication in systemic lupus erythematosus, has a long half‐life and can be quantified by high‐performance liquid chromatography. This international study evaluated nonadherence in 305 lupus patients with flares using drug levels (HCQ <200 ng/ml or undetectable desethylchloroquine), and self‐administered questionnaires (MASRI <80%). Drug levels defined 18.4% of the patients as severely nonadherent. In multivariate analyses, younger age, nonuse of steroids, higher body mass index, and unemployment were associated with nonadherence by drug level. Questionnaires classified 23.4% of patients as nonadherent. Correlations between adherence measured by questionnaires, drug level, and physician assessment were moderate. Both methods probably measured two different patterns of nonadherence: self‐administered questionnaires mostly captured relatively infrequently missed tablets, while drug levels identified severe nonadherence (i.e., interruption or erratic tablet intake). The frequency with which physicians miss nonadherence, together with underreporting by patients, suggests that therapeutic drug monitoring is useful in this setting.

Type: Article
Title: A Prospective International Study on Adherence to Treatment in 305 Patients With Flaring SLE: Assessment by Drug Levels and Self‐Administered Questionnaires
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.1194
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. - Note of Republication: The version of this article originally published online on 19/9/17 used the MMAS‐8 scale in Table 1 without full permission from Dr. Donald E. Morisky and co‐authors. All mentions of the MMAS‐8 scale have now been removed and the paper re-published online on 6/8/18.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10054462
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