Sacubitril/Valsartan Treated Adult Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study evaluated changes in healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs of care within 12 months following initiation of sacubitril/valsartan (sac/val) in commercially insured and Medicare Advantage (MA) lives in the U.S among adult patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) (cohort 1) and adult patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) (cohort 2).
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
This was a non-interventional, retrospective cohort study using secondary data sources from the Optum Clinformatics® Data Mart (CDM) and 100% files of the CMS Medicare RIFs.
Two study cohorts were constructed to include adult Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan (Cohort 1) and adult Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan (Cohort 2).
The date of first prescription fill for sacubitril/valsartan during the cohort identification period was defined as index date. A 12-month washout period was employed to ascertain the "new user" status. The Healthcare Resource Utilization (HCRU) and costs of care outcomes will be measured within both the 12 months post-index period and the 12 months pre-index period.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Cohort 1 - Adult HFrEF patients adult HFrEF patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan |
Drug: sacubitril/valsartan
Two study cohorts were constructed to include adult HFrEF patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan (Cohort 1) and adult CHF patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan (Cohort 2).
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| Cohort 2 - Adult CHF patients adult CHF patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan |
Drug: sacubitril/valsartan
Two study cohorts were constructed to include adult HFrEF patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan (Cohort 1) and adult CHF patients who newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan (Cohort 2).
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Mean number of Heart Failure - specific hospitalizations of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Number of Heart Failure (HF)-specific hospitalizations was defined as the number of acute inpatient hospitalizations with a primary discharge diagnosis of HF. An acute inpatient hospitalization was defined as a medical claim for an inpatient hospitalization.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Mean number of HF - related hospitalizations of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Number of HF-related hospitalizations was defined as the number of acute inpatient hospitalizations with a discharge diagnosis of HF in any position.
- Mean number of all-cause hospitalizations of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Number of all-cause hospitalizations was as the number of acute inpatient hospitalizations for any reason.
- Mean number of Urgent Heart Failure (UHF) visits of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
An UHF visit was defined as any of the following: i) a patient with a place of service (POS) code 20, which corresponds to urgent care facility ii) a patient with an ER visit that was outpatient (POS code = 22, 23), identified from revenue codes: 0450, 0451, 0452, 0456 or 0459 iii) a patient with an urgent care clinic visit that was outpatient (POS code = 22, 23), identified from revenue codes: 0516 or 0526 iv) a patient with a hospital observational stay (POS code = 22, 23), identified from revenue code 0762
- Mean number of Worsening Heart Failure (WHF) episodes of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Number of WHF episodes was defined as a composite outcome of HF-specific hospitalizations and UHF visits.
- Mean costs of HF-specific hospitalizations of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Costs of HF-specific hospitalizations was defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for acute inpatient hospitalizations with a primary discharge diagnosis of HF.
- Mean costs of HF-related hospitalizations of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Costs of HF-related hospitalizations were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for acute inpatient hospitalizations with a discharge diagnosis of HF in any position.
- Mean costs of all-cause hospitalizations of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Costs of all-cause hospitalizations were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for acute inpatient hospitalizations for any reason.
- Mean costs of UHF visits of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Costs of UHF visits were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for UHF visits.
- Mean costs of WHF episodes of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
Costs of WHF episodes were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for HF-specific hospitalizations and UHF visits.
- Mean HF-specific costs of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
HF-related costs were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for medical claims with a diagnosis of HF in any position.
- Mean all-cause medical costs of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
All-cause medical costs were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for all medical claims.
- Mean all-cause pharmacy costs of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
All-cause pharmacy costs were defined as the sum of payer paid amounts for all pharmacy claims.
- Mean all-cause total cost of care of adult HFrEF patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan [Baseline, 12 months post initiation of sacubitril/valsartan]
All-cause total cost of care were defined as the sum of all-cause medical costs and all-cause pharmacy costs.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Cohort 1 - Adult HFrEF patients
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Newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan during the cohort identification period;
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Presence of an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth revision (ICD-10) diagnosis code for systolic HF (I50.1x, I50.2x, I50.4x) on one inpatient hospital claim or two outpatient medical claims during the cohort identification period;
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That are ≥ 18 years old at index date;
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That are treated with sacubitril/valsartan continuously for a minimum of 90-days following treatment initiation;
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That are continuously enrolled in medical and prescription pharmacy benefits in both the pre-index and post-index period, with any gap in coverage of <45 days allowed.
Cohort 2 - Adult CHF patients
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Newly initiated sacubitril/valsartan during the cohort identification period;
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Presence of ICD-10 diagnosis code for systolic HF or diastolic HF (I50.1x, I50.2x, I50.3x, I50.4x) on one inpatient hospital claim or two outpatient medical claims during the cohort identification period;
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That are ≥ 18 years old at index date;
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That are treated with sacubitril/valsartan continuously for a minimum of 90-days following treatment initiation;
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That are continuously enrolled in medical and prescription pharmacy benefits in both the pre-index and post-index period, with any gap in coverage of <45 days allowed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who died during the post-index period will be excluded.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Novartis Investigative Site | East Hanover | New Jersey | United States | 07936-1080 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
- Study Director: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Study Documents (Full-Text)
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Additional Information:
Publications
None provided.- CLCZ696BUS33