Drug Utilization and Medical Cost Study Focusing on Moisturizers in Cancer Patients Treated with Molecular Targeted Therapy: A Retrospective Observational Study Using Data from a Japanese Claims Database.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Molecular targeted therapies (MTTs) cause skin disorders in patients with cancer, and moisturizers are useful treatments; however, their actual use and costs are unknown. Our purpose was to examine the use and costs of moisturizers prescribed for xerosis (asteatosis) in patients with cancer treated with MTTs.

Methods

We used data from a Japanese hospital-based claims database. The index date was the first date of MTT prescription from October 2011 to April 2018 (selection period), and the follow-up period was 1 year from the index date. Patients treated with MTTs during the selection period and who were not prescribed moisturizers in the 6 months before the index date were included as the study cohort. Timing, duration, amount, and costs of the prescribed moistu

SUBMITTER: Kiyohara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021339 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature