Treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization, and costs among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated with antifibrotic medications in US-based commercial and Medicare Supplemental claims databases: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pirfenidone and nintedanib are antifibrotic therapies which slow disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an irreversible, progressive lung disease with poor prognosis. We compared adherence, persistence, and healthcare costs between patients initiating one of the two therapies.

Methods

We used the IBM Watson Health Commercial and Medicare Supplemental claims databases to select patients with IPF with ≥1 pharmacy claim for pirfenidone or nintedanib between 10/1/2014 and 6/30/2018. Adherence (proportion of days covered ≥0.80) and persistence (time to a gap of ≥60 days without medication or switch to the other antifibrotic medication) based on the days' supply and service date fields on claims were measured over a variable-length follow-up period.

SUBMITTER: Corral M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7353678 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature