Patterns of Medication Use in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - A Multi-Centre Cohort Study.

Rangi Kandane-RathnayakeWorawit LouthrenooShue-Fen LuoYeong-Jian J WuYi-Hsing ChenVera GolderAisha LateefJiacai ChoSandra V NavarraLeonid ZamoraLaniyati HamijoyoSargunan SockalingamYuan AnZhanguo LiRicardo MontesShereen OonYasuhiro KatsumataMasayoshi HarigaiYanjie HaoZhuoli ZhangMadelynn ChanJun KikuchiTsutomu TakeuchiFiona GoldblattSean O'NeillSang-Cheol BaeChak S LauAlberta HoiChetan S KaryekarMandana NikpourEric F Morandnull null

Published in: Arthritis care & research (2021)

Most patients received combination treatment. GC persistence was high, while IS persistence was low. Patients with high disease activity received more medication combinations but had reduced IS persistence, consistent with limited utility. These data confirm unmet need for improved SLE treatments.

Keyphrases

disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis patients

end stage renal disease
ankylosing spondylitis
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed

juvenile idiopathic arthritis
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
big data

emergency department
machine learning
mass spectrometry
smoking cessation