Therapeutic burden in interstitial lung disease: Lessons to learn

Respirology : Official Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
Yet H KhorNicole S L Goh

Abstract

Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) are often prescribed disease-targeted and symptomatic therapies, both of which can cause significant treatment burden due to polypharmacy and drug-disease interactions. This study aimed to evaluate medication regimen complexity before and after introduction of ILD-specific therapies. Potential drug-disease interactions were evaluated for patients who were prescribed prednisolone. In this study, 214 patients with ILD were assessed for demographic information, co-morbidities and medication use. Medication lists were reviewed prior to and after the introduction of ILD-specific therapies. Complexity of treatment regimen was examined using the validated Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI). Of the 214 patients, 75 had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) while the rest had inflammatory ILD (chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: 45; connective tissue disease-related ILD: 41). Polypharmacy was common at baseline (IPF: 51%, inflammatory ILD: 63%). Following introduction of ILD-specific therapies, median total MRCI scores significantly increased from 8 (interquartile range (IQR) = 8-15) to 22.5 (17.5-27.5) and 14.5 (8.5-21) to 21.5 (16-30) for IPF and inflammatory ILD groups, respective...Continue Reading

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Mar 19, 2020·Respirology : Official Journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology·Peter M George, Athol U Wells
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