Objectively measured medication adherence using assays for carvedilol and enalaprilat in patients with heart failure in Mozambique and Nigeria

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Background: Poor medication adherence leads to poor health outcomes and increased healthcare costs among patients with heart failure (HF). This study aimed to objectively assess medication adherence by measuring carvedilol and enalaprilat plasma concentrations among patients with HF.

Methods: The present sub-study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Rapid Optimization, helped by NT-proBNP testing, of Heart Failure therapies (STRONG-HF) study involved adult patients with acute HF admitted in two Mozambican and two Nigerian hospitals who were not optimally treated with oral enalapril and carvedilol. Patients in the high-intensity arm of the STRONG-HF study, and those not meeting the biomarker criteria for persistent congestion, were included in the "frequent visit" (FV) arm. In the FV arm, blood for bioanalysis of plasma enalaprilat or/and carvedilol was drawn at the 2,6,12th week post-discharge. Patients in the usual care arm of STRONG-HF were included in the "standard visit" (SV) arm, which followed the usual local practice with blood sampling in week 12.

Results: The study involved 113 (79 FV and 34 SV) participants with a mean age of 48.6 years and a mean left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction of 33.1%. Theenalaprilat below the lower level of quantification (LLOQ) was documented in 7.7%, 11.9%, and 15.6% of participants in FV during the 2,6 and 12th weeks. Carvedilol concentration below LLOQ was documented in 37%, 30%, and 44.4% of participants in the FV arm during the 2,6 and 12th weeks, respectively. For the SV arm, enalaprilat and carvedilol concentrations below LLOQ in the twelfth week were documented in 37.3% and 42.9% of patients, respectively.

Conclusion: Up to a third of patients using enalapril and carvedilol did not take any medication during the 12 weeks of follow-up. Non adherence was more common in patients who had less follow up, emphasizing the importance of close follow up to adherence. No adherence was also more common in medications know to have more side effects such as carvedilol.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention - 19(2023) vom: 13. Dez., Seite 200213

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mwita, Julius Chacha [VerfasserIn]
Joubert, Andre [VerfasserIn]
Saidu, Hadiza [VerfasserIn]
Sani, Mahmoud Umar [VerfasserIn]
Damasceno, Albertino [VerfasserIn]
Mocumbi, Ana Olga [VerfasserIn]
Sinxadi, Phumla [VerfasserIn]
Viljoen, Charle Andre [VerfasserIn]
Hoevelmann, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Gebreyesus, Manna Semere [VerfasserIn]
Denti, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Wasmann, Roeland [VerfasserIn]
Maartens, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Wiesner, Lubbe [VerfasserIn]
Stewart, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Davison, Beth [VerfasserIn]
Cotter, Gad [VerfasserIn]
Sliwa, Karen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adherence
Carvedilol
Enalaprilat
Heart failure
Journal Article
Mozambique
Nigeria

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Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijcrp.2023.200213

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363046704