TABLE 3

Adherence to pulmonary hypertension-specific treatment

AllPAHCTEPH
Number included% Adherence (NoDC)% Adherence (Man)Number included% Adherence (NoDC)% Adherence (Man)Number included% Adherence (NoDC)% Adherence (Man)
ERA
 Ambrisentan99878390878298989
 Bosentan987166737168257260
 Macitentan16684781468277209590
PDE-5i
 Sildenafil20760611466162615959
 Tadalafil13780741178074208075
SGCs
 Riociguat329191200309090
Single treatment20968651316966786763
Double treatment23464591986458366767
Oral#+PRO66747060737068383

Data are presented as number of patients who filled a prescription and were included in the analyses, and proportion of those with good adherence shown for Number of days covered (NoDC) and Manual assessment (Man) methods. PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; CTEPH: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; ERA: Endothelin receptor antagonists; PDE-5i: Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors; SGCs: Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator; PRO: prostacyclin therapy. #: Adherence to oral treatment reported.