Drug survival in biologic therapy. Do we know what it means? Can we calculate it?

نویسندگان

  • J M Carrascosa
  • J Notario
چکیده

Now that biologic therapy has been used for some years in the treatment of psoriasis and we anticipate short and medium term outcomes consistent with the results of the pivotal clinical trials, the objective of the dermatologist with experience in managing this condition has changed. We now look beyond the predicted response to weigh up the likelihood that a given drug which achieves a satisfactory response during the initial months of therapy will continue to be a suitable option in the long term. What is considered to be a suitable option and the basis on which such a decision is made will depend largely on the requirements and expectations of both patient and physician. The decision will be based not only on objective considerations but also on the patients’ prior treatment history, their experience with other drugs and, therefore, the chances that a satisfactory response will be achieved with acceptable safety and tolerance. We should start by defining the concept referred to in the title of this article. While the meaning of the term drug survival is taken for granted by most dermatologists with

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Actas dermo-sifiliograficas

دوره 105 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014