| アブストラクト | OBJECTIVES: To assess whether modern management of RA has reduced the prescription of oral corticosteroids and NSAIDs and to evaluate use of pharmacological prophylaxis strategies. METHODS: Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, we explored long-term (>/=3/12 months; >/=6/12 in sub-analyses) DMARD, corticosteroid and NSAID prescribing (annually, in the year post-diagnosis and across the patient's life course to 15 years post-diagnosis), annual proportion with co-prescribing for prophylaxis of associated bone (corticosteroids, women only) and gastrointestinal (NSAIDs) comorbidity. RESULTS: Reported incidence of RA was 5.98 (0.37) per 10 000 person-years and prevalence was 0.91% (0.014) in 2017. In 71 411 RA patients, long-term DMARD prescribing initially rose post-diagnosis from 41.6% in 1998 to 67.9% in 2009. Corticosteroid prescribing changed little, overall [22.2% in 1998, 19.1% in 2016; incident risk ratio (IRR) 0.92, 95% CI: 0.82, 1.03] and across the life course from the first to fifteenth year (22.2% to 16.9%). NSAID prescribing declined from 57.7% in 1998, and significantly so from 2008, to 27.1% in 2016 (IRR 0.50, 95% CI: 0.44, 0.56). This continued across the life course (41.2% to 28.4%). Bone prophylaxis increased to 68.1% in 2008 before declining to 56.4% in 2017; gastrointestinal prophylaxis increased from 11.5% in 1998 to 62.6% in 2017. Sub-analyses showed consistent patterns. CONCLUSION: Despite modern treatment strategies, corticosteroid prescribing in RA patients remains substantial and persists beyond 6 months once initiated. Rheumatologists need to determine causes and develop strategies to reduce corticosteroid use to minimize adverse event occurrence. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Rheumatology (Oxford, England) |
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| Pubmed追加日 | 2021/1/7 |
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| 投稿者 | Crossfield, Samantha S R; Buch, Maya H; Baxter, Paul; Kingsbury, Sarah R; Pujades-Rodriguez, Mar; Conaghan, Philip G |
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| 組織名 | Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine.;Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds.;Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of;Manchester, Manchester.;Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds.;NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre.;Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33404652/ |
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