Modélisation de l’observance et détermination de son impact biopharmaceutique
Compliance, which refers to the degree of the conformity to the prescription, is an essential factor for a successful treatment. The compliances of patients vary widely and the effectiveness of medication varies in parallel. Therefore, we need to have reliable and sensible parameters to measure it. In literature, there are many parameters to describe it, but their advantages, disadvantages and limitations regarding the assessment of the impact of compliance on drug have not yet been studied in depth. The evaluation of these parameters requires testing them in different situations. As available compliance data are not exhaustive, the use of the simulation, based on real or plausible cases, is very relevant. We succeeded to develop a model whose parameters are simple and understandable and which is convenient and flexible to simulate the different cases and even the extreme cases of compliance. We proposed new parameters for measuring the biopharmaceutical impact of compliance. Then, we compared the performance, in terms of sensibility and reliability, of these parameters and those already used to assess compliance and discussed their performances and limitations. In conclusion, we can emphasize that there is no ideal parameter since each one has its own limitations. For example, for drugs whose effects are directly related to their plasma concentrations, the percentage of taken doses, which is the most used parameter, has the worst performance, on the other hand, the percentage of the weighted correct doses, which is a new parameter, possesses a good performance and promising advantages.
Compliance parameters Therapeutical outcomes Virtual patient Simulation Simulation Pharmacometrics Pharmacometrics Markov chain