Patients’ perspectives on a drug safety monitoring system for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases based on patient-reported outcomes

Leanne J. Kosse*, Gerda Weits, Harald E. Vonkeman, Sander W. Tas, Frank Hoentjen, Martijn B.A. van Doorn, Phyllis I. Spuls, Geert R. D’Haens, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Eugène P. van Puijenbroek, Bart J.F. van den Bemt, Naomi T. Jessurun

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    Abstract

    Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are increasingly used in cohort event monitoring (CEM) to obtain a better understanding of patients’ real-world experience with drugs. Despite the leading role for patients, little is known about their perspectives on CEM systems.


    Research design and methods: In a cross-sectional open survey following the rationale of the Technology Acceptance Model, we aimed to obtain insight in patients’ perspectives on the perceived usefulness, ease of use and attitude toward using a PRO-based drug safety monitoring system for ADRs attributed to biologics. Results: Patients considered structural reporting of ADRs in web-based questionnaires as useful and not burdensome. It was preferred to link the questionnaire frequency to regular hospital consultations or the biologic administration schedule. Various respondents were interested in sharing questionnaires with their medical specialist (49.0%) or pharmacist (34.2%), and suggested to minimize the questionnaire frequency in case of an unaltered situation or absence of ADRs.

    Conclusions: Patients’ perspectives should be considered in the setup of PRO-based CEM studies, as this contributes to data quality and patient centeredness. Since incorporation of patients’ perspectives in CEM studies is indispensable, a delicate balance should be found between user-friendliness and study aims.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1565-1572
    Number of pages8
    JournalExpert opinion on drug safety
    Volume20
    Issue number12
    Early online date5 Aug 2021
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2021

    Keywords

    • Biologics
    • Cohort event monitoring
    • Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
    • Patient perspective
    • Patient-reported outcomes
    • Adverse drug reactions

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