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ArticlePulmonary circulation2022

Real-world dosing characteristics and utilization of parenteral treprostinil in the outpatient setting.

Vijay P Balasubramanian, Zeenat Safdar, Margaret R Sketch, Meredith Broderick, Andrew C Nelsen, Dasom Lee, Lana Melendres-Groves

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7 authors.

Vijay P BalasubramanianDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of California, San Francisco Fresno California USA.
Zeenat SafdarDivision of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Houston Methodist Lung Center Houston Texas USA.
Margaret R SketchUnited Therapeutics Corporation Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Meredith BroderickUnited Therapeutics Corporation Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Andrew C NelsenUnited Therapeutics Corporation Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Dasom LeeUnited Therapeutics Corporation Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Lana Melendres-GrovesDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine University of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico USA.

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Abstract

Real-world dosing and titration of parenteral (subcutaneous, SC; intravenous, IV) prostacyclin, a mainstay of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment, is not always consistent with prescribing information or randomized trials and has yet to be adequately characterized. The current study describes real-world outpatient dosing and titration patterns over time, in PAH patients initiated on SC or IV treprostinil. A longitudinal, cross-sectional analysis of medication shipment records from US specialty pharmacy services between 2009 and 2018 was conducted to determine dosing and titration patterns of SC or IV treprostinil in the outpatient setting beginning with the patient's first shipment. The sample for analysis included shipment records for 2647 patients (IV = 1040, SC = 1607). Although more patients were started on SC treprostinil than IV, median initial outpatient IV treprostinil dose (11 ng/kg/min at month on therapy one [MOT1]) was consistently and statistically significantly higher than initial outpatient SC dose (7.5 ng/kg/min at MOT1;

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intravenous prostacyclinpulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)subcutaneous prostacyclintitration patterns

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PMID35506102
PMCPMC9052964

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