In the weekly group, 14.0% of patients had been followed up for less than 3 months, compared to 17.9% in the monthly group. The corresponding proportions of patients followed up for more than 9 months were 38.0% for weekly treatment and 34.0% for monthly treatment. The mean treatment cover of an individual prescription was 69 days in the weekly cohort and 75 days in the monthly cohort, EPZ015938 price with 39.5% and 46.9%, respectively, of prescriptions covering at least 3 months. Adherence to bisphosphonate treatment Survival analysis demonstrated treatment persistence to be CBL0137 price significantly longer (p < 0.0001)

in the monthly bisphosphonate cohort than in the weekly bisphosphonate cohort (Fig. 2). Persistence rates at 6 months in the two cohorts were 57.3% and 45.7% and fell to 47.5% and 30.4%, respectively, at 12 months. After propensity score adjustment, women in the monthly group were 37% more likely to persist

than those in the weekly group (Table 2). Fig. 2 Kaplan–Meier analysis of treatment discontinuation with bisphosphonate. Thick line monthly ibandronate cohort, thin line weekly bisphosphonates. A permissible gap of 45 days for monthly ibandronate TH-302 and 30 days for weekly bisphosphonates was allowed in this analysis Table 2 Median persistence duration and associated hazard ratios with bisphosphonate treatments for the base case analysis and for different definitions of the permissible gap Persistence models Median persistence duration (days) Hazard ratios (95%CI) Monthly ibandronate (N = 1,001) Weekly BP (N = 1,989) Unadjusted Adjusteda Base case 265 169 0.63* (0.56–0.71) 0.63* (0.56–0.72)  Monthly regimen: PG = 45 days  Weekly regimen: PG = 30 days Sensitivity analyses          Both PG of 30 days 184 169 0.76* (0.68–0.85) 0.77* (0.69–0.86)  Both PG of 45 days 265 211 0.77* (0.68–0.87) 0.78* (0.69–0.89) only PG permissible gap *p < 0.0001 aCox proportional hazard model adjusted by propensity score Sensitivity analyses were performed to assess the impact of the attributed PG on the persistence rates obtained. If an

identical PG was allowed for both treatment regimens, the difference in persistence at 1 year was reduced but remained significantly higher (p < 0.0001) for the monthly regimen. If a PG of 30 days was allowed, persistence rates over 12 months were 38.0% for the monthly regimen and 30.4% for the weekly regimen (adjusted HR = 0.77, 95%CI = 0.69–0.86, p < 0.0001). If 45 days were allowed for both regimens, the rates were 47.5% and 40.5%, respectively (adjusted HR = 0.78, 95%CI = 0.69–0.89, p < 0.0001). Of the non-persistent patients, certain women discontinued treatment definitively whilst others resumed their treatment at a later date following a ‘drug holiday’. In the base case scenario, 29.8% [95%CI = 25.5% to 34.1%] of non-persistent women in the monthly ibandronate cohort (13.