Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis
Abstract Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease associated with progressive loss of motor function. Risdiplam, a daily oral therapy, was approved in the United States for the treatment of SMA. Risdiplam’s effectiveness depends on patient adherence to the treatmen...
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| author | Anish Patel Walter Toro Min Yang Wei Song Raj Desai Mingchen Ye Nadia Tabatabaeepour Omar Dabbous |
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| description | Abstract Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease associated with progressive loss of motor function. Risdiplam, a daily oral therapy, was approved in the United States for the treatment of SMA. Risdiplam’s effectiveness depends on patient adherence to the treatment regimen. This retrospective claims database analysis assessed real-world treatment adherence and persistence, and all-cause health care costs by adherence status, for patients with SMA receiving risdiplam. Outcomes were summarized by SMA types (1−4) and age groups (0–2, 3–5, 6–17, and ≥ 18 years). Results 86 patients with ≥ 1 SMA diagnosis, risdiplam treatment, and ≥ 6 months of continuous enrollment after the index date (SMA diagnosis) were identified in the IQVIA PharMetrics® Plus database (01/01/2020−06/30/2022). One patient had SMA type 1 (a 1-year-old boy), 18 had type 2 (mean ± SD age: 7.9 ± 5.7 years; 61% female), 47 had type 3 (17.3 ± 10.2 years; 55% female), and 20 had type 4 (38.2 ± 11.6 years; 55% female). The mean proportion of days covered (PDC) with risdiplam was 0.89 overall, ranging from 0.88 for SMA type 4 to 0.97 for type 1. The majority (83.7%) of patients were adherent to risdiplam (PDC ≥0.80), ranging from 75.0% for type 4 to 100% for type 1. Adherence ranged from 76.5% among 6–12-year-olds to 100% among 0–2-year-olds. Compared with adherent patients, nonadherent patients had higher median total health care costs by $335,049 for type 2, $41,204 for type 3, and $12,223 for type 4. Among adherent patients, patients with PDC between 0.90 and 1.00 had lower costs compared with patients with PDC between 0.80 and 0.90. Conclusions Nonadherence to risdiplam was observed in the first year of treatment, especially for patients with SMA type 4 and patients aged 6–12 years. Nonadherence was associated with higher all-cause health care costs, with the most pronounced cost difference for SMA type 2. For adherent patients, those who were highly adherent incurred lower health care costs. These findings underscore the importance of treatment adherence and persistence for patients with SMA receiving risdiplam, particularly for younger children and those with greater disease severity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-419efc6b945542dc8a1496b8f36232682025-01-05T12:45:57ZengBMCOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases1750-11722024-12-0119111110.1186/s13023-024-03399-0Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysisAnish Patel0Walter Toro1Min Yang2Wei Song3Raj Desai4Mingchen Ye5Nadia Tabatabaeepour6Omar Dabbous7Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc.Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc.Analysis Group, Inc.Analysis Group, Inc.Analysis Group, Inc.Analysis Group, Inc.Analysis Group, Inc.Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc.Abstract Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease associated with progressive loss of motor function. Risdiplam, a daily oral therapy, was approved in the United States for the treatment of SMA. Risdiplam’s effectiveness depends on patient adherence to the treatment regimen. This retrospective claims database analysis assessed real-world treatment adherence and persistence, and all-cause health care costs by adherence status, for patients with SMA receiving risdiplam. Outcomes were summarized by SMA types (1−4) and age groups (0–2, 3–5, 6–17, and ≥ 18 years). Results 86 patients with ≥ 1 SMA diagnosis, risdiplam treatment, and ≥ 6 months of continuous enrollment after the index date (SMA diagnosis) were identified in the IQVIA PharMetrics® Plus database (01/01/2020−06/30/2022). One patient had SMA type 1 (a 1-year-old boy), 18 had type 2 (mean ± SD age: 7.9 ± 5.7 years; 61% female), 47 had type 3 (17.3 ± 10.2 years; 55% female), and 20 had type 4 (38.2 ± 11.6 years; 55% female). The mean proportion of days covered (PDC) with risdiplam was 0.89 overall, ranging from 0.88 for SMA type 4 to 0.97 for type 1. The majority (83.7%) of patients were adherent to risdiplam (PDC ≥0.80), ranging from 75.0% for type 4 to 100% for type 1. Adherence ranged from 76.5% among 6–12-year-olds to 100% among 0–2-year-olds. Compared with adherent patients, nonadherent patients had higher median total health care costs by $335,049 for type 2, $41,204 for type 3, and $12,223 for type 4. Among adherent patients, patients with PDC between 0.90 and 1.00 had lower costs compared with patients with PDC between 0.80 and 0.90. Conclusions Nonadherence to risdiplam was observed in the first year of treatment, especially for patients with SMA type 4 and patients aged 6–12 years. Nonadherence was associated with higher all-cause health care costs, with the most pronounced cost difference for SMA type 2. For adherent patients, those who were highly adherent incurred lower health care costs. These findings underscore the importance of treatment adherence and persistence for patients with SMA receiving risdiplam, particularly for younger children and those with greater disease severity.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-024-03399-0AdherencePersistenceClaims database analysisHealth care costsHealth care utilizationRisdiplam |
| spellingShingle | Anish Patel Walter Toro Min Yang Wei Song Raj Desai Mingchen Ye Nadia Tabatabaeepour Omar Dabbous Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases Adherence Persistence Claims database analysis Health care costs Health care utilization Risdiplam |
| title | Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis |
| title_full | Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis |
| title_fullStr | Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis |
| title_short | Risdiplam utilization, adherence, and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a United States retrospective claims database analysis |
| title_sort | risdiplam utilization adherence and associated health care costs for patients with spinal muscular atrophy a united states retrospective claims database analysis |
| topic | Adherence Persistence Claims database analysis Health care costs Health care utilization Risdiplam |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-024-03399-0 |
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