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ReviewJournal of managed care & specialty pharmacy2020

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: patient journey and burden of disease.

Meryem Bektas, Catherine Copley-Merriman, Shahnaz Khan, Sujata P Sarda, Jamile M Shammo

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Review in Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Meryem BektasMarket Access and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle, NC.
Catherine Copley-MerrimanMarket Access and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle, NC.
Shahnaz KhanMarket Access and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle, NC.
Sujata P SardaGlobal Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, MA.
Jamile M ShammoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USHealth Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom) · GBRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) often experience a lengthy path to diagnosis. Fewer than 40% of patients with PNH receive a diagnosis within 12 months of symptom onset, and 24% of all PNH diagnoses can take 5 years or longer. Diagnostic delay is a source of distress and can affect emotional well-being for patients with PNH. In PNH disease management, patients and care providers focus on risk of organ failure and mortality related to disease progression; nonetheless, patients' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is largely affected by extensive treatment requirements and nonfatal complications of disease, such as fatigue. In particular, thrombosis is associated with significant impairments in physical and social functioning and global health status and significant fatigue. Among patients with anemia who are transfusion dependent, the burden of transfusion is considerable. Transfusion dependence has a negative effect on HRQOL; is associated with risks and complications, including iron overload; and results in lost productivity due to travel times to and time spent at infusion centers.

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Blood TransfusionCost of IllnessDelayed DiagnosisDisease ProgressionHemoglobinuria, ParoxysmalHumansQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID33356781
PMCPMC10408416
OpenAlexW3114866593

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