Estimation of patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease potentially eligible for biological treatment in a real-world setting

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: This analysis estimated the number of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients presenting criteria of eligibility for biological therapies in an Italian real-world setting.

METHODS: An observational analysis was performed on administrative databases of a sample of Local Health Units, covering 11.3% of the national population. Adult IBD patients (CD or UC) from 2010 to the end of data availability were included. Eligibility criteria for biologics were the following: Criterion A, steroid-refractory active disease; Criterion B, steroid-dependent patients; Criterion C, intolerance or contraindication to conventional therapies; Criterion D, severe relapsing disease; Criterion E (CD only), highly active CD disease and poor prognosis.

RESULTS: Of 26,781 IBD patient identified, 18,264 (68.2%) were treated: 3,125 (11.7%) with biologics and 15,139 (56.5%) non-biotreated. Among non-biotreated, 7,651 (28.6%) met at least one eligibility criterion for biologics, with criterion B (steroid-dependence) and criterion D (relapse) as the most represented (58-27% and 56-76%, respectively). Data reportioned to the Italian population estimated 67,635 patients as potentially eligible for biologics.

CONCLUSIONS: This real-world analysis showed a trend towards undertreatment with biologics in IBD patients with 28.6% being potentially eligible, suggesting that an unmet medical need still exists among the Italian general clinical practice for IBD management.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 56(2024), 1 vom: 20. Jan., Seite 29-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Degli Esposti, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Perrone, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Sangiorgi, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Saragoni, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Dovizio, Melania [VerfasserIn]
Caprioli, Flavio [VerfasserIn]
Rizzello, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Daperno, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Armuzzi, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biological Products
Biologics
Inflammatory-bowel disease
Journal Article
Observational Study
Real-world evidence
Steroids

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Date Completed 29.12.2023

Date Revised 29.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2023.04.022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356503682