Potential drug-drug interaction events in patients treated with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone or enzalutamide.

Authors

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Dominic Pilon

Groupe d'Analyse, Ltee, Montreal, QC, Canada

Dominic Pilon, Ajay S. Behl, Bruno Emond, Yongling Xiao, Patrick Lefebvre, Christopher J. Kane

Organizations

Groupe d'Analyse, Ltee, Montreal, QC, Canada, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center/UC San Diego Health System, La Jolla, CA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: The treatment of patients with advanced cancer generally requires multiple medications, and the consideration of potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) is important to avoid unintended consequences; therefore, this study assessed potential DDIs in patients treated with oral metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) therapies (abiraterone acetate plus prednisone [AA+P] and enzalutamide [ENZ]). Methods: The MarketScan databases from 03/2012 to 10/2015 were used to conduct a retrospective analysis, in which patients initiated on AA+P or ENZ after 09/2012 (index date) with ≥6 months of continuous eligibility prior to index date and ≥1 PC diagnosis were included. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was used to adjust for observed baseline confounders between groups. Weighted Kaplan-Meier (KM) rates and Cox proportional hazard models were used to compare the occurrence of potential DDIs. Potential DDI was defined as having a claim for a drug that can interact with the index drug (AA+P or ENZ) during the exposure to index treatment (i.e., the time between the first and last claim [plus days of supply] of the index treatment). Interaction drugs were selected based on the prescribing information for each drug and included strong CYP3A4 inducers and CYP2D6 substrates for AA+P and strong CYP3A4 inducers, CYP2C8 inhibitors, CYP2C9 substrates, CYP3A4 substrates, and CYP2C19 substrates for ENZ. Results: A total of 2,540 AA+P and 1,265 ENZ patients were identified. IPTW resulted in balanced baseline demographic, comorbidities, and disease characteristics. At 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post-index, patients initiated on ENZ were more likely to have a potential DDI during their exposure to ENZ treatment when compared to patients initiated on AA+P (ENZ vs. AA+P, KM rates at 12 months: 30.3% vs. 1.5%, hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 28.9 [14.5, 57.4], p < 0.0001). Conclusions: This study showed that mCRPC patients treated with ENZ were more likely to be exposed to a potential DDI during their treatment than those treated with AA+P.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2017 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Patient Safety and Science of Quality

Track

Patient Safety,Science of Quality

Sub Track

Other

Citation

J Clin Oncol 35, 2017 (suppl 8S; abstract 44)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2017.35.8_suppl.44

Abstract #

44

Poster Bd #

A12

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