A real-world study of persistence and adherence to prescription medications in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation in the United States.
Cash B, Lu M, Lembo A, Feuerstadt P, Nguyen L, Terasawa E, Ayyagari R, Du S, Pi S, Westermeyer B, Terreri B, Boules M, Moshiree B. A real-world study of persistence and adherence to prescription medications in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation in the United States. Journal Of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy 2024, 30: 1136-1148. PMID: 39321115, PMCID: PMC11424913, DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2024.30.10.1136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic idiopathic constipationHazard ratioIdiopathic constipationTreatment of chronic idiopathic constipationHigher treatment persistencePrescription medicationsComparator medicationUS Food and Drug AdministrationProportion of patientsIBM MarketScan Commercial ClaimsObservational cohort studyFood and Drug AdministrationAdjusted hazard ratiosMarketScan Commercial ClaimsProportion of daysAssociated with lower oddsTreatment persistencePrucaloprideCohort studyOdds ratioPrescription fillsPrescription therapyDrug AdministrationCompare persistenceInclusion criteriaClinical Outcomes Before and After Prucalopride Treatment: An Observational Study in Patients With Chronic Idiopathic Constipation in the United States
Lembo A, Cash B, Lu M, Terasawa E, Terreri B, Du S, Ayyagari R, Feuerstadt P, Moshiree B, Westermeyer B, Pi S, Boules M. Clinical Outcomes Before and After Prucalopride Treatment: An Observational Study in Patients With Chronic Idiopathic Constipation in the United States. Clinical And Translational Gastroenterology 2024, 15: e00687. PMID: 38357940, PMCID: PMC11124638, DOI: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConstipation-related symptomsChronic idiopathic constipationProportion of patientsComplications 6 monthsIdiopathic constipationRetrospective cohort analysisDecreased 6 monthsMedicare Supplemental databaseICD-10 procedurePatient ageTreatment initiationClinical outcomesPrucalopride treatmentCohort analysisComplicationsPrucaloprideObservational studyPatientsSupplemental databaseICD-10 Procedure Coding SystemCommercial ClaimsDiagnosis codesICD-10-CMSymptomsClinical Modification