Durability of treatment with methotrexate in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Gloris Sánchez; Julio S. Castro; Soham Al Snih; Luísa Pérez Blanco; María H. Esteva; Ernesto García MacGregor; Marielena González; Ysabel Granados; Francisco Marín; Alexis Rosas; Antonio Tristano; Esther Chirinos; Luís Mundaraín; Gilberto Sanoja; Guisela Zambrano-Marín; Martín A. Rodríguez

doi:10.1007/s00296-006-0261-x

Durability of treatment with methotrexate in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Gloris Sánchez
, Julio S. Castro
, Soham Al Snih
, Luísa Pérez Blanco
, María H. Esteva
, Ernesto García MacGregor
, Marielena González
, Ysabel Granados
, Francisco Marín
, Alexis Rosas
, Antonio Tristano
, Esther Chirinos
, Luís Mundaraín
, Gilberto Sanoja
, Guisela Zambrano-Marín
, Martín A. Rodríguez

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Abstract

A multicenter, national, retrospective, and cross-sectional study of 219 hospital-based Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was aimed to evaluate the probability of continuity of treatment with oral methotrexate (MTX). Treatment survival decreased from 92% at 12 months to 42% at 180 months, as assessed by life table analysis and the Kaplan-Meier method. Forty-seven patients stopped treatment and adverse effects (29.7%) and lack of continuous access to medication (19.1%) were the most common causes for withdrawal. MTX survival was decreased in the group with combined MTX plus leflunomide therapy, as shown by the log-rank test. Venezuelan patients with RA have a probability of continuing treatment with oral MTX comparable to non-Hispanic patient populations. However, concomitant use of leflunomide may increase the risk of interruption of MTX treatment in this RA population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	531-536
Number of pages	6
Journal	Rheumatology International
Volume	27
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0261-x
State	Published - Apr 2007

Keywords

Latin America
Methotrexate
Rheumatoid arthritis
Tolerability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Rheumatology
Immunology

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Sánchez, G., Castro, J. S., Snih, S. A., Blanco, L. P., Esteva, M. H., MacGregor, E. G., González, M., Granados, Y., Marín, F., Rosas, A., Tristano, A., Chirinos, E., Mundaraín, L., Sanoja, G., Zambrano-Marín, G., & Rodríguez, M. A. (2007). Durability of treatment with methotrexate in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology International, 27(6), 531-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0261-x

Sánchez, G, Castro, JS, Snih, SA, Blanco, LP, Esteva, MH, MacGregor, EG, González, M, Granados, Y, Marín, F, Rosas, A, Tristano, A, Chirinos, E, Mundaraín, L, Sanoja, G, Zambrano-Marín, G & Rodríguez, MA 2007, 'Durability of treatment with methotrexate in Venezuelan patients with rheumatoid arthritis', Rheumatology International, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 531-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0261-x

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