Adverse drug reactions during hepatitis C treatment with direct-acting antivirals: The role of medication errors, their impact on treatment discontinuation and their preventability. New insights from the Campania Region (Italy) spontaneous reporting system

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Maurizio SessaAnnalisa Capuano

Abstract

Medication errors, such as unnecessary treatment discontinuation during treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), can lead to imbalances in the benefit-to-risk ratio. This risk is especially high when the medication error leads to adverse drug reactions (ADRs). However, to date, evidence on the frequency of this phenomenon is scarce. This study aims to provide better insight into ADRs possibly due to medication errors leading to DAA discontinuation and their preventability. The Italian Pharmacovigilance Network database was used to extract individual case safety reports (ICSRs) generated from July 2012 to March 2017 via the Campania Region (Italy) spontaneous reporting system. ICSRs that included ledipasvir/sofosbuvir, ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir, dasabuvir, daclatasvir, sofosbuvir, simeprevir or elbasvir/grazoprevir as suspected drugs were included in this study. A preventability assessment was then performed utilizing the "P-Method," an algorithm that evaluates known risk factors due to medication errors that can be detected in ICSRs. Of the 355 cases included in this study, 6 (1.69%) were classified as preventable and 52 (14.6%) were classified as potentially preventable. The most frequently identified critical c...Continue Reading

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