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Adherence to Treatment with Tofacitinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Daily Clinical Practice.

Reumatología Clinica 2021 January 16
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the adherence to treatment with tofacitinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using two versions of the self-questionnaire Compliance Questionnaire Rheumatology, CQR19 and CQR5, to determine the variables associated with adherence to tofacitinib and to compare the performance of both questionnaires.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out. We included patients ≥18years old, with RA (ACR/EULAR criteria 2010) under treatment with tofacitinib. Sociodemographic data, clinical characteristics, treatment and data on patient evaluation. All the patients completed self-questionnaires CQR19 and CQR5.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Descriptive statistics. T-test or Mann Whitney to compare the continuous variables, chi2 test or Fisher's exact test for the categorical ones. Kappa concordance index. Multiple logistic regression.

RESULTS: We included 52 patients, 82.7% women, with a median (m) age of 57.7years, disease duration m 16years, 63.5% had comorbidities. Of the patients, 86.5% were treated with tofacitinib (5mg BID) and 48% received tofacitinib as monotherapy. The median time of tofacitinib treatment was 13months, 42.3% suspended treatment, and only one patient permanently stopped treatment due to lack of provision. Median CQR19 was 89.5%, and 84.6% had an adherence ≥80%. The variables significantly associated with adherence ≥80% were the presence of comorbidities (P=.014) and older age (P=.033). Considering the CQR5, a similar percentage of patients (82.7%) were adherents to treatment, however, the concordance with CQR19 was low. In the multivariate analysis, older age was the only variable independently associated with good adherence to treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment adherence to tofacitinib was very good for both presentations. Older age was associated with higher adherence. The agreement between the questionnaires CQR19 and CQR5 was low.

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