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Observational studyEuropean journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice2020

Fingolimod in multiple sclerosis: profile of use in habitual practice.

Noelia Fernández Bargiela, Cristina Mondelo García, Víctor Giménez Arufe, José Ramón Vizoso Hermida, Isabel Martín Herranz

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Observational study in European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Noelia Fernández BargielaPharmacy Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain noelia.fernandez.bargiela@sergas.es.ORCID 0000-0002-8605-1313
Cristina Mondelo GarcíaPharmacy Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain.
Víctor Giménez ArufePharmacy Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain.
José Ramón Vizoso HermidaPharmacy Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain.
Isabel Martín HerranzPharmacy Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain.
Universidade da Coruña · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesFingolimod is the first oral drug indicated in monotherapy as a modifier of the course of very active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The safety profile of fingolimod is well established in clinical trials and post-marketing studies. Our objective was to study the profile of fingolimod use in our health area.

methodsA retrospective, observational, descriptive study was performed on the use of fingolimod in adult patients diagnosed with RRMS between January 2015 and February 2017 or until suspension of treatment in a reference hospital in north-western Spain.

resultsA total of 55 patients were included with a mean±SD time of treatment with fingolimod of 26±14.6 months (range 2-53). Thirteen patients permanently discontinued the treatment (10 due to outbreaks/disease progression and 3 due to adverse effects). No statistically significant differences were found between the percentage of patients who discontinued fingolimod and who had received only one previous treatment and those who had received two or more treatments. No cases of symptomatic bradycardia were reported.

conclusionsFingolimod is a safe treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis.

Indexed as

AdultElectronic Health RecordsFemaleFingolimod HydrochlorideHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleMiddle AgedMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingRetrospective StudiesFingolimod HydrochlorideImmunosuppressive Agentsadverse effectsclinical practicedisease modifying agentsfingolimodrelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosistolerability

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PMID33097618
PMCPMC7856107
OpenAlexW2921584127

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