Brief Report: Patterns and Secular Trends in Use of Immunomodulatory Agents During Pregnancy in Women With Rheumatic Conditions.
Brief Report: Patterns and Secular Trends in Use of Immunomodulatory Agents During Pregnancy in Women With Rheumatic Conditions.
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10.1002/art.39521
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发表时间:
2016-05
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Kim SC
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Desai RJ;Huybrechts KF;Bateman BT;Hernandez-Diaz S;Mogun H;Gopalakrishnan C;Patorno E;Kim SC
To describe patterns and secular trends in use of immunomodulatory agents in pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), or ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A cohort of women with SLE, RA, PsA, or AS enrolled in public (Medicaid, 2001–2010) or private (OptumClinformatics, 2004–2012) health insurance was identified and women filling prescriptions for immunomodulatory agents- including steroids, non-biologic disease-modifying agents, and biologics- in the 3-month period immediately prior to their pregnancy were included. The proportion of women continuing or discontinuing individual agents during pregnancy was reported. Annual prescription fill rates, estimated after accounting for patient characteristics and random variability from year-to-year in mixed-effect regression models, were used to conduct time-trends analysis. A total of 2,645 women actively treated with immunomodulatory agents prior to pregnancy were included. More women with PsA or AS stopped filling immunomodulatory prescriptions in pregnancy (61%) than those with SLE (26%) or RA (34.5%). From the first to the third trimester, the proportion of women filling prescriptions for immunomodulatory agents decreased across all indications. Overall, steroids (48.4%) and hydroxychloroquine (27.1%) were the most frequently used agents in pregnancy. The rates (reported per 100 deliveries in our cohort) for steroid prescription fills during pregnancy fell significantly from 54.4 to 42.4; while rates for biologics increased from 5.1 to 16.6 between 2001 and 2012 (p<0.001 for both trends). Steroids and hydroxychloroquine remain the most widely prescribed treatment options in pregnancy; but the use of biologics is becoming increasingly common.