Medical resource utilization among multiple myeloma (MM) patients who were triple-exposed to a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and daratumumab.

Authors

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Maneesha Mehra

Janssen Global Services, Raritan, NJ

Maneesha Mehra , Concetta Crivera , Satish Valluri , Sandhya Nair , Martin Vogel , Tonia Nesheiwat , Ravi C. Potluri , Sundar Jagannath , Nina Shah

Organizations

Janssen Global Services, Raritan, NJ, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Raritan, NJ, Janssen Global Services, LLC, Raritan, NJ, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Neuss, Germany, Legend Biotech USA Inc., Piscataway, NJ, SmartAnalyst Inc., New York, NY, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Janssen and Legend Biotech USA, Inc.

Background: MM patients undergo several lines of treatment (LOT), mainly involving ≥1 proteasome inhibitor (PI), immunomodulatory (IMiD), and novel agents such as daratumumab (dara). Research is underway to address the need of patients previously exposed to a PI, an IMiD, and dara (triple-exposed). This retrospective cohort analysis assessed costs and healthcare resource (HR) utilization in triple-exposed patients. Methods: A pooled cohort of patients from Optum’s Humedica Electronic Health Records and Clinformatics claims data with an index MM diagnosis between 2008-2018 and who 1) had ≥12 months of activity/insurance coverage prior to index MM diagnosis, 2) did not have any other cancer during this period, 3) were aged ≥18 years at index diagnosis, 4) were triple exposed and 5) had ≥1 LOT subsequent to triple-exposure were studied. Costs per LOT after triple-exposure, broken down into cost categories, were analyzed in patients from Optum claims data (N = 94), while HR utilization (hospitalization, ER/outpatient visits, lab tests and MM drugs) was analyzed in the pooled cohort (N = 517). Descriptive statistics are reported. Results: 53% of patients were male; mean follow-up was 8.9 months (272 days). At LOT1 following triple-exposure, mean age was 68 yrs, mean time from index MM diagnosis was 37 months, and median prior LOTs were 4. 50% were penta-exposed (2 PIs + 2 IMiDs + dara) following triple exposure. 42% received a pomalidomide-containing regimen in LOT1 after triple-exposure. 56% of patients had ≥2 LOTs after triple-exposure; 28% had ≥3. Mean duration of LOT1, LOT2, and LOT3 in claims data patients was 132, 102 and 101 days, respectively, with associated mean cost per LOT of $165,453, $131,759, and $116,915. Over the follow-up, patients had a mean of 1.75 hospitalizations, 0.92 ER visits, 32.1 outpatient/office visits and 28.8 lab tests; post triple-exposure mean cost per patient per month was $38,214 (Table). Conclusions: Substantial MM drug costs, inpatient stays and frequent outpatient visits contribute to high cost per month of post triple-exposure treatment, underscoring the need for effective MM treatments with durable response.

Costs ($) and HRs consumed in each LOT after triple-exposure.

LOT1LOT2LOT3Average per
patient
Per patient
per month
Mean cost per LOT in claims dataN = 94N = 44N = 14
MM drugs106,15361,11860,280143,74022,462
Inpatient11,06118,87017,57022,5113,518
Outpatient and other48,23851,77139,06578,28912,234
Total cost165,453131,759116,915244,54038,214

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Hematologic Malignancies—Plasma Cell Dyscrasia

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Multiple Myeloma

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e20539)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e20539

Abstract #

e20539

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