Unmet Needs in the Osteoarthritis Chronic Moderate to Severe Pain Management in Spain: A Real Word Data Study.

Rheumatology and Therapy
Francisco Castro-DomínguezPablo Rebollo

Abstract

Patients with moderate or severe pain due to osteoarthritis (OAP) usually undergo pharmacological treatment with NSAIDs and/or opioids. Many of them do not get adequate pain relief because of intolerances, contraindications and the ineffectiveness of these treatments. The main objective of the present study was to quantify the group of OAP patients who are inadequately treated for their pain in routine clinical practice in Spain and to describe the prescription flow of these patients. This was a non-interventional, retrospective cohort study conducted using the IQVIA's electronic medical records database in Spain. Patients with osteoarthritis (OA), aged ≥ 15 years and receiving any pain treatment during 12 out of 24 months between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2019 were studied. Assumptions were made to identify patients with contraindication or intolerance to NSAIDs or opioids and those who failed NSAID or opioid therapy. Out of 136,556 patients with OA, 29,886 had moderate-to-severe pain, which extrapolated to the general population in Spain represents 1,541,286 OAP patients. Mean age (SD) of OAP patients was 75 (12.8) years, and 73.8% were female; 52.8% were treated with NSAIDs and/or weak opioids. There were were 16,748 O...Continue Reading

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