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The effect of medication nonadherence on progression-free survival among patients with renal cell carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Objective:To examine how observed medication nonadherence to 2 second-line, oral anticancer medications (axitinib and everolimus) affects progression-free survival (PFS) among patients with renal cell carcinoma. Methods:We used an adherence-exposure-outcome model to simulate the impact of adherence on PFS. Using a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) population model, we simulated drug exposure measured by area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) and minimum blood or trough concentration (Cmin) under 2 scenarios: 1) optimal adherence and 2) real-world adherence. Real-world adherence was measured using the medication possession ratios as calculated from health insurance claims data. A population PK/PD model was simulated on individuals drawn from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), a large survey broadly representative of the US population. Finally, we used previously published PK/PD models to estimate the effect of drug exposure (i.e., Cmin and AUC) on PFS outcomes under optimal and real-world adherence scenarios. Results:Average adherence measured using medication possession ratios was 76%. After applying our simulation model to 2164 individuals in MEPS, drug exposure was significantly higher among adherent patients compared with nonadherent patients for axitinib (AUC: 249.5 vs. 159.8 ng×h/mL, P<0.001) and everolimus (AUC: 185.4 vs. 118.0 µg×h/L, P<0.001). Patient nonadherence in the real world decreased the expected PFS from an optimally adherent population by 29% for axitinib (8.4 months with optimal adherence vs. 6.0 months using real-world adherence, P<0.001) and by 5% (5.5 vs. 5.2 months, P<0.001) for everolimus. Conclusion:Nonadherence by renal cell carcinoma patients to second-line oral therapies significantly decreased the expected PFS.

SUBMITTER: Shafrin J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5713701 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effect of medication nonadherence on progression-free survival among patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Shafrin Jason J Sullivan Jeffrey J Chou Jacquelyn W JW Neely Michael N MN Doan Justin F JF Maclean J Ross JR

Cancer management and research 20171129

<h4>Objective</h4>To examine how observed medication nonadherence to 2 second-line, oral anticancer medications (axitinib and everolimus) affects progression-free survival (PFS) among patients with renal cell carcinoma.<h4>Methods</h4>We used an adherence-exposure-outcome model to simulate the impact of adherence on PFS. Using a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) population model, we simulated drug exposure measured by area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) and minimum blood o ...[more]

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The effect of medication nonadherence on progression-free survival among patients with renal cell carcinoma.

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