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ArticleThe oncologist2024

Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs of Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma in the US.

Xiaoqin Yang, Enrico Zanardo, Dominique Lejeune, Enrico De Nigris, Eric Sarpong, Mohammed Farooqui, François Laliberté

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Article in The oncologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Xiaoqin YangMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Enrico ZanardoAnalysis Group, Inc., Denver, CO, USA.
Dominique LejeuneGroupe d'analyse, Ltée, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Enrico De NigrisMSD (UK) Limited, London, UK.
Eric SarpongMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Mohammed FarooquiMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
François LalibertéGroupe d'analyse, Ltée, Montréal, QC, Canada.

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Merck & Co.Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia among US adults and has experienced a rapidly evolving treatment landscape; yet current data on treatment patterns in clinical practice and economic burden are limited. This study aimed to provide an up-to-date description of real-world characteristics, treatments, and costs of patients with CLL or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). MATERIALS AND

methodsUsing retrospective data from the Optum Clinformatics DataMart database (January 2013 to December 2021), adults with diagnosis codes for CLL/SLL on two different dates were selected. An adapted algorithm identified lines of therapy (LOT). Treatment patterns were stratified by the index year pre- and post-2018. Healthcare resource utilization and costs were evaluated per patient-years.

resultsA total of 18 418 patients with CLL/SLL were identified, 5226 patients (28%) were treated with ≥1 LOT and 1728 (9%) with ≥2 LOT. Among patients diagnosed with CLL in 2014-2017 and ≥1 LOT (N = 2585), 42% used targeted therapy and 30% used chemoimmunotherapy in first line (1L). The corresponding proportions of patients diagnosed with CLL in 2018-2021 (N = 2641) were 54% and 16%, respectively. Total costs were numerically 3.5 times higher and 4.9 times higher compared with baseline costs among patients treated with 1L+ and 3L+, respectively.

conclusionThis study documented the real-world change in CLL treatment landscape and the substantial economic burden of patients with CLL/SLL. Specifically, targeted therapies were increasingly used as 1L treatments and they were part of more than half of 1L regimens in recent years (2018-2021).

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Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellAdultDelivery of Health CareHumansRetrospective Studieschronic lymphocytic leukemiaeconomic burdenhealthcare administrative claimstreatment

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PMID38280190
PMCPMC10911928

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