Treatment patterns and persistence on disease modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis and its associated factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective interventions for Multiple Sclerosis require timely treatment optimization which usually involves switching disease modifying therapies. The patterns of prescription and the reasons for changing treatment in people with MS, especially in low prevalence populations, are unknown.

Objectives

To describe the persistence, reasons of DMT switches and prescription patterns in a cohort of Colombian people with MS.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational study including patients with confirmed MS with at least one visit at our centre. We estimated the overall incidence rate of medication changes and assessed the persistence on medication with Kaplan-Meier survival estimates for individual medications and according to efficacy and mode of adminis

SUBMITTER: Cardenas-Robledo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10986095 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature