Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01141-w
Anirban Ganguly, Shachi Tyagi, Christopher Chermansky, Anthony Kanai, Jonathan Beckel, Mamoru Hashimoto, Kang Jun Cho, Michael Chancellor, Jonathan Kaufman, Naoki Yoshimura, Pradeep Tyagi
{"title":"Correction: Treating Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Older Adults: Intravesical Options.","authors":"Anirban Ganguly, Shachi Tyagi, Christopher Chermansky, Anthony Kanai, Jonathan Beckel, Mamoru Hashimoto, Kang Jun Cho, Michael Chancellor, Jonathan Kaufman, Naoki Yoshimura, Pradeep Tyagi","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01141-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01141-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"783-785"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142105464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-10DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01139-4
Awsse Al-Ani, Yasser Jamil, Ariela R Orkaby
{"title":"Treating Hypercholesterolemia in Older Adults for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events.","authors":"Awsse Al-Ani, Yasser Jamil, Ariela R Orkaby","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01139-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01139-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As the population ages, the demographic of adults aged 75 years and older in the U.S. is projected to grow to 45 million by 2050. Hypercholesterolemia is directly linked to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), which remains the leading cause of death in older adults. However, primary prevention of ASCVD through lipid-lowering agents remains unclear among older adults owing to limited involvement of older adults in current trials, lack of dedicated trials, and evidence primarily derived from secondary and retrospective analyses. Therefore, this article aims to (1) review key updates from the latest guidelines on treatment of hypercholesterolemia in older adults, (2) highlight limitations of the current ASCVD risk scores in the geriatric population, (3) present outcomes from key studies on the use of lipid-lowering agents and associated side effects, including a brief review of novel agents such as bempedoic acid, although very few adults over age 75 were included in these trial, and (4) finally, highlight upcoming dedicated trials of statins in older adults for the primary prevention of important geriatric outcomes as well as ASCVD.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"699-712"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141912224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01135-8
Mark H Gotfried, Sanford H Auerbach, Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, Kazuo Mishima, Dinesh Kumar, Margaret Moline, Manoj Malhotra
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of insomnia treatment with lemborexant in older adults: analyses from three clinical trials.","authors":"Mark H Gotfried, Sanford H Auerbach, Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, Kazuo Mishima, Dinesh Kumar, Margaret Moline, Manoj Malhotra","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01135-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01135-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Insomnia is more common as people age. Several common hypnotics used to treat insomnia often do not adequately alleviate sleep issues in older adults and may be associated with negative residual effects such as an increased risk of falls, cognitive impairment, automobile accidents, and lack of response to auditory stimuli. The objective of these analyses of three clinical studies was to investigate the efficacy and safety of the dual orexin-receptor antagonist lemborexant (LEM) in older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study E2006-G000-304 (Study 304; NCT02783729) was a randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled, active-comparator trial where subjects with insomnia disorder received LEM 5 mg (LEM5), LEM 10 mg (LEM10), zolpidem tartrate extended-release 6.25 mg (ZOL), or PBO for 30 days. In crossover Study E2006-E044-106 (Study 106; NCT02583451), healthy subjects (good sleepers) received LEM 2.5 mg, LEM5, LEM10, or PBO for eight nights or zopiclone on days 1 and 8 (and PBO on days 2-7). In crossover Study E2006-A001-108 (Study 108; NCT03008447), healthy subjects received a single dose of LEM5, LEM10, PBO, or ZOL. Sleep assessments included polysomnography-based latency to persistent sleep (LPS), wake after sleep onset (WASO), WASO in the second half of the night (WASO2H), sleep efficiency, postural stability, middle-of-the-night and next-day cognitive performance, middle-of-the-night auditory awakening threshold and return-to-sleep latency, and driving performance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 453 of 1006 (45%; Study 304), 24 of 48 (50%; Study 106), and 28 of 56 (50%; Study 108) subjects were aged ≥ 65 years. In Study 304, LEM decreased (improved) LPS, WASO, and WASO2H from baseline more than ZOL and PBO; subjects treated with LEM had greater increases in sleep efficiency (improved) than with ZOL or PBO. In both Studies 304 and 108, postural stability was not impaired at waketime in subjects who received LEM compared with PBO. At waketime, LEM did not impair memory compared with PBO. In Study 108, following middle-of-the-night awakening, LEM and ZOL did not affect subjects' ability to awaken to auditory stimuli; LEM did not affect tests of memory and attention. In Study 106, LEM did not impair next-day driving performance in healthy elderly compared with PBO. LEM was well tolerated in subjects aged ≥ 65 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>LEM provided benefits on sleep variables without next-morning residual effects in subjects aged ≥ 65 years, supporting LEM as a treatment option for older adults with insomnia.</p><p><strong>Trial registration numbers and dates of registration: </strong>Study 304: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT02783729, date of registration, 26 May 2016. Study 106: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT02583451, date of registration, 22 October 2015. Study 108: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT03008447, date of registration, 2 January 2017.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"741-752"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11408585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141906197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-03DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01137-6
Yoshifumi Tada, Akihito Maruyama, Yuri Shirahama
{"title":"Still's Disease Onset in Older Adults: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management.","authors":"Yoshifumi Tada, Akihito Maruyama, Yuri Shirahama","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01137-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01137-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Still's disease (SD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease that is characterized by high fever, polyarthritis, and an evanescent rash as its main symptoms but that may also be complicated by pleuritis and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). There has been a recent increase in studies on older-onset SD, which presents with less-typical clinical features, such as sore throat, skin lesions, and splenomegaly, but more complications including pleuritis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Several reports have shown higher levels of inflammatory markers, including serum ferritin, and poorer outcomes in terms of survival and drug-free remission in older patients. In addition, caution is needed when diagnosing SD in older patients because of the increased incidence of differential diagnoses such as infectious diseases, malignancies, and inflammatory diseases. Prognosis is poor in older patients, and treatment-associated infections and severe complications such as MAS are the main cause of mortality. The use of biologics and treatment response may not differ greatly between older and younger patients. Although the data are limited, anti-IL-1 and anti-IL-6 agents may control SD in these patients with careful use and adequate infection prevention. Recent studies that classified adult-onset SD by cluster analysis or latent class analysis showed that older patients form a unique cluster of SD, indicating the need for clinicians to pay more attention to the diagnosis and management of SD in older patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"713-724"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141888788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01140-x
Angela Elma Edwina, Erwin Dreesen, Matthias Gijsen, Helena Cornelia van den Hout, Stefanie Desmet, Johan Flamaing, Lorenz Van der Linden, Isabel Spriet, Jos Tournoy
{"title":"Decreased Kidney Function Explains Higher Vancomycin Exposure in Older Adults.","authors":"Angela Elma Edwina, Erwin Dreesen, Matthias Gijsen, Helena Cornelia van den Hout, Stefanie Desmet, Johan Flamaing, Lorenz Van der Linden, Isabel Spriet, Jos Tournoy","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01140-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01140-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Older adults face a higher risk of vancomycin-related toxicity given their (patho)-physiological changes, making early management of supratherapeutic exposure crucial. Yet, data on vancomycin exposure in older adults is scarce. This study aims to compare vancomycin concentrations between older and younger patients, emphasizing supratherapeutic concentrations and the effect of patient characteristics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This observational retrospective study was conducted in the University Hospital of Leuven (EC Research S65213). We analyzed early (first) vancomycin concentrations between older (≥ 75 years) and younger patients. Multivariable analyses were conducted to evaluate the association between baseline patient characteristics with supratherapeutic exposure (logistic regression), and dose-normalized concentrations (linear regression).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 449 patients aged ≥ 75 years (median 80) and 1609 aged < 75 years (median 61). In univariable analysis, the first-measured vancomycin concentrations were significantly higher in older adults (p < 0.001), who more frequently reached supratherapeutic concentrations (30.7% versus 21%; p < 0.001). In multivariable analysis, factors associated with supratherapeutic concentrations were decreased the estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated by using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation (eGFR<sub>CKD-EPI</sub>) [odds ratio (OR) of 0.98, confidence interval (CI) 0.97-0.98]. Supratherapeutic concentrations had inverse association with giving lower loading dose (OR of 0.59, CI 0.39-0.90), and lower maintenance dose (OR of 0.45, CI 0.26-0.77). Factors that predicted increased dose-normalized concentrations included decreased eGFR<sub>CKD-EPI</sub> (coefficient of -0.05, CI -0.06 to -0.04), lower body weight (coefficient of -0.04, CI -0.05 to -0.03), increased blood urea nitrogen (coefficient of 0.02, CI 0.01-0.03), and delayed time to therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) sampling (coefficient of 0.08, CI 0.06-0.09).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The absence of age as a significant factor in the multivariable analysis suggests that eGFR<sub>CKD-EPI</sub> mediated the relationship between age and vancomycin exposure. Older adults may benefit more from vancomycin TDM.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"753-762"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141999589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01136-7
Vered Rosenberg, Howard Amital, Gabriel Chodick, Freddy Faccin, Omer Gendelman
{"title":"Real-World Drug Survival of Biologics and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.","authors":"Vered Rosenberg, Howard Amital, Gabriel Chodick, Freddy Faccin, Omer Gendelman","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01136-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01136-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While the variety of biologics (b) and targeted synthetic (ts) disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) available for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has proved to be efficacious in randomized clinical trials, there is a growing importance to understand the benefits and potential drawbacks of these different therapies in real-world settings, which includes bio-experienced and older patients as well.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the real-world adherence, drug survival, and discontinuation risk of bDMARDs and tsDMARDs among patients with PsA, comprising both younger and older patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective study using a computerized database. Treatment-naïve and treatment-experiencedpatients with PsA, younger and older than 60 years, who initiated treatment with bDMARDs [TNF-α inhibitors (TNF-αis), IL-17 inhibitors (IL-17is), IL-12/23 inhibitors (IL-12/23i)] or tsDMARDs (the PDE-4 inhibitor apremilast) during 2015-2018 were included. Adherence was assessed using the proportion of days covered (PDC) method. Time to discontinuation was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier estimates. Risk of discontinuation was estimated by Cox proportional hazard model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 427 eligible patients (22.2 % were older than 60 years), utilizing 673 treatment lines. The proportion of adherent patients (PDC ≥ 0.8) was similar (62.1-66.5%) across all lines of therapy and across different biologics (70.0-72.0%), while apremilast showed the lowest, in both treatment-naïve and experienced settings (43.6% and 25.5%, respectively). The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that in the treatment-naïve TNF-αis had higher drug survival compared with apremilast (P = 0.032). Apremilast also had the lowest drug survival in the treatment-experienced group (P < 0.0001). Kaplan-Meier analysis by age groups showed similar drug survival rates in older (≥ 60 years) and younger (age < 60 years) patients, regardless of treatment-experience status. The multivariable model showed that apremilast had increased risk for discontinuation compared with TNF-αis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adherence, drug survival and risk for discontinuation were similar for all included bDMARDs, regardless of treatment experience status, while apremilast showed lower rates and increased risk. Adherence and discontinuation rate were similar in older and younger patients. With the variety of drug modes of action available for patients with PsA, these findings may assist caregivers in selecting the appropriate treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"685-697"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11322234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Predictive Model for Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.","authors":"Chun-Ying Lee, Yun-Shiuan Chuang, Chew-Teng Kor, Yi-Ting Lin, Yu-Hsiang Tsao, Pei-Ru Lin, Hui-Min Hsieh, Mei-Chiou Shen, Ya-Ling Wang, Tzu-Jung Fang, Yen-Tze Liu","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01127-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01127-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Older patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are highly susceptible to adverse drug reactions due to age-related physiological changes and the presence of multiple comorbidities, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to develop a predictive model to identify the use of PIMs in older patients with CVD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 2012 to 2021 from the Changhua Christian Hospital Clinical Research Database (CCHRD) and the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Research Database (KMUHRD) were analyzed. Participants over the age of 65 years with CVD diagnoses were included. The CCHRD data were randomly divided into a training set (80% of the database) and an internal validation set (20% of the database), while the KMUHRD data served as an external validation set. The training set was used to construct the prediction models, and both validation sets were used to validate the proposed models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 48,569 patients were included. Comprehensive data analysis revealed significant associations between the use of PIMs and clinical factors such as total cholesterol, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), creatinine, and uric acid levels, as well as the presence of diabetes, hypertension, and cerebrovascular accidents. The predictive models demonstrated moderate power, indicating the importance of these factors in assessing the risk of PIMs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study developed predictive models that improve understanding of the use of PIMs in older patients with CVD. These models may assist clinicians in making informed decisions regarding medication safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"675-683"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11322215/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141466939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-31DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01131-y
Johanna Jyrkkä, Jasmin Paulamäki, Sirpa Hartikainen, Jouni Ahonen, Riitta Antikainen, Hanna-Mari Jauhonen, Esa Jämsen, Anniina Kössi, Jouko Laurila, Hanna-Maria Roitto, Riikka Söderling, Miia Tiihonen, Risto Huupponen
{"title":"Prescribing Appropriate Medicines to Older Adults: A Finnish Experience with the Web-Based Meds75+ Database.","authors":"Johanna Jyrkkä, Jasmin Paulamäki, Sirpa Hartikainen, Jouni Ahonen, Riitta Antikainen, Hanna-Mari Jauhonen, Esa Jämsen, Anniina Kössi, Jouko Laurila, Hanna-Maria Roitto, Riikka Söderling, Miia Tiihonen, Risto Huupponen","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01131-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01131-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Finnish web-based Meds75+ database supports rational, safe and appropriate prescribing to older adults in primary care. This article describes the content and updating process of Meds75+ and demonstrates its applicability in everyday clinical practice. Meds75+ contains a classification (A-D) and recommendation texts for 450-500 drug substances when used in the treatment of older adults aged 75 years or older. The content of Meds75+ is continually updated. Each assessment of a drug substance begins with a structured collection of available information and research evidence. After that, an interdisciplinary expert panel discusses the classification and recommendation using a consensus method. A rolling 3-year updating cycle guarantees that all drug substances are reviewed regularly. Most drug substances are classified as class A (41%) (suitable, e.g. bisoprolol) or as class C (37%) (suitable with specific precautions, e.g. ibuprofen). One-fifth (20%) of the substances are in class D (avoid use, e.g. diazepam). Most commonly, older adults have purchased substances affecting the alimentary tract and metabolism (17%), the nervous system (16%) and the cardiovascular system (15%). In Finland, the proportion of older adults using class D substances (37%) has not changed between the years 2019 and 2022. Meds75+ has potential to support safer and more effective use of medications for older adults, since it offers up-to-date information on drug substances for healthcare professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"665-674"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11322211/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01129-6
Sarah N Hilmer, Kristina Johnell, John Mach
{"title":"Pre-clinical Models for Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.","authors":"Sarah N Hilmer, Kristina Johnell, John Mach","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01129-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01129-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With ageing of the population worldwide and discovery of new medications for prevention and management of age-related conditions, there is increasing use of medications by older adults. There are international efforts to increase the representativeness of participants in clinical trials to match the intended real-world users of the medications across a range of characteristics including age, multimorbidity, polypharmacy and frailty. Currently, much of the data on medication-related harm in older adults are from pharmacovigilance studies. New methods in pre-clinical models have allowed for measurement of exposures (such as chronic exposure, polypharmacy and deprescribing) and outcomes (such as health span functional measures and frailty) that are highly relevant to geriatric pharmacotherapy. Here we describe opportunities for design and implementation of pre-clinical models that can better predict drug effects in geriatric patients. This could improve the translation of new drugs from bench to bedside and improve outcomes of pharmacotherapy in older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"633-640"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11322264/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drugs & AgingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-27DOI: 10.1007/s40266-024-01132-x
Esther Ebstein, Sébastien Ottaviani
{"title":"Managing Gout in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.","authors":"Esther Ebstein, Sébastien Ottaviani","doi":"10.1007/s40266-024-01132-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40266-024-01132-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gout is characterized by monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition secondary to hyperuricemia. Gout is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its related comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Major advances have been made in the comprehension of the link between MetS and gout. Despite observational studies suggesting an association between MetS-related conditions and hyperuricemia, there is no proof of causality. Most studies using Mendelian randomization did not find hyperuricemia as a causal factor for MetS-related conditions. In contrast, these conditions were found associated with hyperuricemia, which suggests a reverse causality. Among patients with gout, this high CVD risk profile implies the need for systematic screening for MetS-related conditions. Most international guidelines recommend systematic screening for and care of CVD and related risk factors in patients with gout. Some anti-hypertensive agents, such as losartan and calcium channel blockers, are able to decrease serum urate (SU) levels. However, there are potential interactions between gout management therapies and the treatment of metabolic diseases. Some data suggest that anti-inflammatory drugs used for gout flare treatment, such as colchicine or canakinumab, might have benefits for CVD. Regarding the impact of urate-lowering therapies on CVD risk, recent studies found a similar CVD safety profile for allopurinol and febuxostat. Finally, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors are promising for gout because of their ability to decrease SU levels and risk of recurrent flares. In this review, we focus on the clinical challenge of managing MetS in patients with gout, particularly older patients with co-medications.</p>","PeriodicalId":11489,"journal":{"name":"Drugs & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"653-663"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141765780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}