Achievement of therapeutic target in subjects on statin treatment in clinical practice. Results of the STAR (Statins Target Assessment in Real practice) study

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The primary aim of the STAR Study (Statins Target Assessment in Real practice) was to determine the LDLcholesterol reduction and to analyse patient’s and therapeutic factors associated to LDL-cholesterol target attainment in newly treated subjects with statins in an unselected population in clinical practice setting. Administrative databases (including pharmaceutical prescriptions and hospital admissions) and laboratory test databases (including LDL-cholesterol values) of five Local Health Units, distributed in Emilia Romagna, Toscana and Umbria, were linked. A retrospective cohort study was conducted and all subjects aged ≥18 years with a first prescription for statins (newly treated subjects) between January 1st, 2007 and June 30th, 2008 were included. All statin prescriptions over a 12 months follow-up period were considered and used to calculate adherence to treatment. Baseline and follow-up LDL-cholesterol, respectively, were defined according to the nearest determination to the first prescription for statins and to the end of the follow-up period. A total of 3.232 subjects was included, 1.516 males (47%) and 1.716 females (53%), with an average age equal to 65,9 ± 11,3 years. Among included subjects, 22,6% had a gap to LDL-cholesterol target <10%, 30,0% between 10 and 29%, 20,7% between 30 and 49%, and 26,7% ≥50%. Among those with a gap to target ≥50%, 30-49%, and 10-29%, respectively, LDLcholesterol target was attained by 7,1%, 41,8%, and 62,3% of subjects. LDL-cholesterol target attainment was associated to gap to target, adherence with treatment, and type of statin.

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Degli Esposti, Luca, Diego Sangiorgi, Marcello Arca, Giovanni B. Vigna, Stefano Buda, and Ezio Degli Esposti. 2015. “Achievement of Therapeutic Target in Subjects on Statin Treatment in Clinical Practice. Results of the STAR (Statins Target Assessment in Real Practice) Study”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 76 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2011.172.

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