A retrospective study of treatment persistence and adherence to α-blocker plus antimuscarinic combination therapies, in men with LUTS/BPH in the Netherlands

Background: To assess treatment persistence and adherence in men ≥45 years of age with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), using prescription records from the Netherlands IMS Lifelink™ LRx database. Methods: In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we identified men who received combination therapy with an α-blocker plus an antimuscarinic (e.g. solifenacin or tolterodine) between 1 November 2013 and 31 October 2014. Treatment could be received as a fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet or as two drugs administered together (concomitan... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Drake, Marcus J.
Bowditch, Sally
Arbe, Emilio
Hakimi, Zalmai
Guelfucci, Florent
Amri, Ikbel
Nazir, Jameel
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Reihe/Periodikum: Drake , M J , Bowditch , S , Arbe , E , Hakimi , Z , Guelfucci , F , Amri , I & Nazir , J 2017 , ' A retrospective study of treatment persistence and adherence to α-blocker plus antimuscarinic combination therapies, in men with LUTS/BPH in the Netherlands ' , BMC Urology , vol. 17 , 36 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-017-0226-2
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/centre_for_surgical_research / Centre for Surgical Research / Antimuscarinic / Fixed-dose combination / LUTS/BPH / Treatment persistence / α-blocker
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26820656
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Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/1983/8d4a9a18-a80d-4ea0-852d-4a8a59e56cd4