Pharmacological treatment patterns in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Netherlands:a real-world data analysis

OBJECTIVE: To investigate medication prescription patterns among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), including duration, sequence and reasons for medication discontinuation. METHODS: This study is a single-center, retrospective analysis of prospective data from electronic medical records of JIA patients receiving systemic therapy aged 0-18 years between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2019. Patient characteristics (age, gender, JIA subtype) and medication prescriptions were extracted and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Sankey diagrams, and Kaplan-Meier survival methods. RESULTS... Mehr ...