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Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence
Background: The emergence of drug resistance in the etiological agents of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) emphasizes the need to shift the paradigm towards alternative therapeutic strategies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of a medical device containing xylo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182564 |
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author | Kostev, Karel Cai, Tommaso |
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description | Background: The emergence of drug resistance in the etiological agents of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) emphasizes the need to shift the paradigm towards alternative therapeutic strategies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of a medical device containing xyloglucan, hibiscus, and propolis for reducing UTI symptomatic episodes, antibiotic prescription, and days of sick leave. Materials and Methods: It used retrospective, cross-sectional study data provided by office-based physicians from Germany (Disease Analyzer, IQVIA database), including those on 3586 patients with a diagnosis of UTI treated with Utipro(®) Plus (Noventure, Barcelona, Spain) from January 2015 to December 2020. Results: The majority of patients were women (94.2%) and had a mean age (standard deviation, SD) of 57.7 years (19.0). Within 12 months after the prescription and compared to the 12 months before, it was observed that there was a reduction in the proportion of patients with at least one UTI diagnosis (from 79.4% to 36.4%, p < 0.001), in antibiotic prescriptions (from 33.5% to 22.1%, p < 0.001), and in the proportion of patients with at least one day of sick leave (from 4.1% to 2.7%). Conclusions: The use of Utipro(®) Plus is able to decrease UTI recurrence and can lead to the reduction of antibiotic prescriptions and disease burden in individuals affected by uncomplicated cystitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-105310702023-09-28 Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence Kostev, Karel Cai, Tommaso Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: The emergence of drug resistance in the etiological agents of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) emphasizes the need to shift the paradigm towards alternative therapeutic strategies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of a medical device containing xyloglucan, hibiscus, and propolis for reducing UTI symptomatic episodes, antibiotic prescription, and days of sick leave. Materials and Methods: It used retrospective, cross-sectional study data provided by office-based physicians from Germany (Disease Analyzer, IQVIA database), including those on 3586 patients with a diagnosis of UTI treated with Utipro(®) Plus (Noventure, Barcelona, Spain) from January 2015 to December 2020. Results: The majority of patients were women (94.2%) and had a mean age (standard deviation, SD) of 57.7 years (19.0). Within 12 months after the prescription and compared to the 12 months before, it was observed that there was a reduction in the proportion of patients with at least one UTI diagnosis (from 79.4% to 36.4%, p < 0.001), in antibiotic prescriptions (from 33.5% to 22.1%, p < 0.001), and in the proportion of patients with at least one day of sick leave (from 4.1% to 2.7%). Conclusions: The use of Utipro(®) Plus is able to decrease UTI recurrence and can lead to the reduction of antibiotic prescriptions and disease burden in individuals affected by uncomplicated cystitis. MDPI 2023-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10531070/ /pubmed/37761761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182564 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kostev, Karel Cai, Tommaso Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence |
title | Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence |
title_full | Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence |
title_fullStr | Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence |
title_full_unstemmed | Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence |
title_short | Cystitis and Utipro(®) Plus: Real-World Evidence |
title_sort | cystitis and utipro(®) plus: real-world evidence |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182564 |
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