A retrospective analysis of treatment patterns, drug discontinuation and healthcare costs in Crohn's disease patients treated with biologics

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: This real-world analysis evaluated the persistence and direct healthcare costs of Crohn's Disease (CD) patients treated with biologics in Italy.

METHODS: A retrospective analysis on administrative databases of Italian healthcare entities, covering 10.4 million residents, was performed. Adult CD patients under biologics between 2015 and 2020 were included and attributed to first/second treatment line based on absence/presence of biologic prescriptions 5-years before index-date (first biologic prescription).

RESULTS: Of 16,374 CD patients identified, 1,398 (8.5%) were biologic-treated: 1,256 (89.8%) in first line and 135 (9.7%) in second line. Kaplan-Meier curves estimated a higher persistence for ustekinumab-treated patients followed by vedolizumab, infliximab and adalimumab, in both lines. Considering baseline variables and adalimumab as reference, infliximab in first line (HR: 0.537) and ustekinumab in first (HR: 0.057) and second line (HR: 0.213) were associated with significantly reduced risk of drug-discontinuation. First line total/average healthcare direct-costs were €13,637, €11,201, €17,104 and €18,340 in patients persistent on adalimumab, infliximab, ustekinumab and vedolizumab, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: This real-world analysis showed differences in persistence over 12-months between biologic treatments, being higher in ustekinumab-treated group, followed by vedolizumab, infliximab and adalimumab. Patients' management was associated with comparable direct healthcare costs among treatment lines, mainly driven by drug-related expenses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 55(2023), 9 vom: 20. Sept., Seite 1214-1220

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Degli Esposti, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Daperno, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Dovizio, Melania [VerfasserIn]
Franchi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Sangiorgi, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Savarino, Edoardo Vicenzo [VerfasserIn]
Scaldaferri, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Secchi, Ottavio [VerfasserIn]
Serra, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Perrone, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Armuzzi, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adalimumab
B72HH48FLU
Biological Products
Drug persistence
FU77B4U5Z0
FYS6T7F842
Healthcare costs
Infliximab
Journal Article
Real-world evidence
Ustekinumab

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Date Completed 28.08.2023

Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2023.04.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356043282