Real world effectiveness of Nucala in patients who switched from other biologics to Nucala
Trial overview
Mean number of oral corticosteroid (OCS) dispensing per participant per year
Timeframe: Baseline (12 months pre-index date)
Mean number of OCS dispensing per participant per year after mepolizumab administration
Timeframe: 12 months post-index date
Total number of asthma exacerbations per participant-years during baseline period
Timeframe: Baseline (12 months pre-index date)
Total number of asthma exacerbations per participant-years during follow-up period
Timeframe: 12 months post-index date
Total number of asthma exacerbations with an oral or parenteral corticosteroid per participant-years during baseline period
Timeframe: Baseline (12 months pre-index date)
Total number of asthma exacerbations with an oral or parenteral corticosteroid per participant-years during follow-up period
Timeframe: 12 months post-index date
Number of participants receiving greater than or equal to (≥)1 OCS dispensing
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Mean number of OCS bursts
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Number of participants with average daily dose per dispensing
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Percentage of participants using ≥1 short-acting beta 2 agonist (SABA) canister
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Mean number of SABA canisters used per participant
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Number of participants with all-cause HRU
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Number of participants with asthma related HRU
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Number of participants with asthma exacerbation related HRU
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
Number of participants with all types of HRU
Timeframe: 12 months pre-index date to 12 months post-index date
- Participants with
 - Greater than or equal to (≥) 1 medical or pharmacy claim for mepolizumab between October 1, 2016, and March 1, 2019. The earliest claim defines the index date
 
- Participants with
 - ≥1 diagnosis (primary or secondary, i.e., any position) of any of the following conditions at any time during the study period:
 
- Participants with
 - Greater than or equal to (≥) 1 medical or pharmacy claim for mepolizumab between October 1, 2016, and March 1, 2019. The earliest claim defines the index date
 - Age ≥12 years at the index date
 - ≥12 months of continuous eligibility prior and after to the index date
 - ≥ 1 diagnosis of asthma at any time during the baseline period or on index date
 - ≥ 2 medical or pharmacy claims for mepolizumab in the first 6 months after the index date (including the index date)
 - ≥ 1 dispensing or administration of omalizumab, reslizumab, benralizumab, or dupilumab during the baseline period
 
- Participants with
 - ≥1 diagnosis (primary or secondary, i.e., any position) of any of the following conditions at any time during the study period: 1) Active tuberculosis 2) Cystic fibrosis
 - ≥1 medical or pharmacy claim for mepolizumab at any time before the index date
 - ≥1 medical or pharmacy claim for omalizumab, reslizumab, benralizumab, or dupilumab during the follow-up period
 
Trial location(s)
This study does not involve prospective enrollment of participants.
Study documents
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Results overview
Refer to study documents
Plain language summaries
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