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ArticleRheumatology and therapy2020

Clinical Utility and Cost Savings in Predicting Inadequate Response to Anti-TNF Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Martin J Bergman, Alan J Kivitz, Dimitrios A Pappas, Joel M Kremer, Lixia Zhang, Anna Jeter, Johanna B Withers

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Article in Rheumatology and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Martin J BergmanDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Alan J KivitzDepartment of Rheumatology, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, USA.
Dimitrios A PappasColumbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Joel M KremerThe Center for Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
Lixia ZhangScipher Medicine Corporation, 221 Crescent St., Suite 103A, Waltham, MA, USA.
Anna JeterScipher Medicine Corporation, 221 Crescent St., Suite 103A, Waltham, MA, USA.
Johanna B WithersScipher Medicine Corporation, 221 Crescent St., Suite 103A, Waltham, MA, USA. johanna.withers@sciphermedicine.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-4454
Altoona Center for Clinical Research · USCenter for Rheumatology · USColumbia University · USDrexel University · USThermedical (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe PrismRA

methodsA decision-analytic model was created to evaluate clinical and economic outcomes in the 12-month period following first biologic treatment. Two treatment strategies were compared: (1) observed clinical decision-making based on a 175-patient cohort receiving an anti-TNF therapy as their first biologic after failure of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) and (2) modeled clinical decision-making of the same population using PrismRA results to inform first-line biologic treatment choice. Modeled costs include biologic drug pharmacy, non-biologic pharmacy, and total medical costs. The odds of inadequate response to anti-TNF therapies and various components of patient care were calculated based on PrismRA results.

resultsIdentifying predicted inadequate responders to anti-TNF therapies resulted in a modeled 38% increase in ACR50 response to first-line biologic therapies. The fraction of patients who achieved an ACR50 response to any therapy (TNFi and others) within the 12-month period was 33% higher in the PrismRA-stratified population than in the unstratified population (59 vs. 44%, respectively). When therapy prescriptions were modeled according to PrismRA results, cost savings were modeled for all financial variables: overall costs (4% decreased total, 19% decreased on ineffective treatments), total biologic drug pharmacy (4% total, 23% ineffective), non-biologic pharmacy (2% total, 19% ineffective), and medical costs (6% total, 19% ineffective). Female sex was the clinical metric that showed the greatest association with inadequate response to anti-TNF therapies (odds ratio 2.42, 95% confidence interval 1.20, 4.88).

conclusionsIf PrismRA is implemented into routine clinical care as modeled, predicting which RA patients will have an inadequate response to anti-TNF therapies could save > $7 million in overall ineffective healthcare costs per 1000 patients tested and increase targeted DMARD response rates in RA.

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Anti-TNF therapiesBudget impactClinical utilityPrecision medicineRheumatoid arthritis

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