Steroid switching in dystrophinopathy treatment : a US chart review of patient characteristics and clinical outcomes

Aim: To describe reasons for switching from prednisone/prednisolone to deflazacort and associated clinical outcomes among patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD and BMD, respectively) in the USA. Methods: A chart review of patients with DMD (n = 62) or BMD (n = 30) who switched from prednisone to deflazacort (02/2017-12/2018) collected demographic/clinical characteristics, reasons for switching, outcomes and common adverse events. Results: The mean ages at switch were 20.1 (DMD) and 9.2 (BMD) years. The primary physician-reported reasons for switching were 'to slow disease progression' (DMD: 83%, BMD: 79%) and 'tolerability' (67 and 47%). Switching was 'very' or 'somewhat' effective at addressing the primary reasons in 90-95% of patients. Conclusion: Physician-reported outcomes were consistent with deflazacort addressing patients' primary reasons for switching.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Journal of comparative effectiveness research - 10(2021), 14 vom: 03. Okt., Seite 1065-1078

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marden, Jessica R [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Pfister, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Able, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Lane, Henry [VerfasserIn]
Somma, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Signorovitch, James [VerfasserIn]
Parsons, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Apkon, Susan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Becker muscular dystrophy
Deflazacort
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Journal Article
Prednisone
Prednisone/prednisolone
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Therapy switching
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Date Completed 27.10.2021

Date Revised 27.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2217/cer-2021-0110

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328206946