Fulvio Ferrante

Profile, Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients: a Real-World Analysis in Italy

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare autoimmune diseases triggeringinflammation of small vessels. This real-world analysis was focused on the most common AAV forms, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), to describe patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics,therapeutic management, disease progression, and the related economic burden. A retrospective analysis was conducted on administrative… Leggi tutto »Profile, Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients: a Real-World Analysis in Italy

La gestione terapeutica ed i costi sanitari associati in pazienti con malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali (MICI): dati di real-world della regione Lazio

La presente analisi retrospettiva è stata condotta al fine di fornire evidenze di pratica clinica sulla gestione dei pazienti affetti da malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali (MICI) in trattamento biologico. L’analisi si è basata sui dati amministrativi di un campione di ASL della Regione Lazio. Tra il Gennaio/2011-Settembre/2021 sono stati identificati i pazienti con diagnosi di MICI e… Leggi tutto »La gestione terapeutica ed i costi sanitari associati in pazienti con malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali (MICI): dati di real-world della regione Lazio

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Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in Patients on Antiretroviral Therapies: Findings from Real-World Data in Italy

This real-world analysis conducted on administrative databases of a sample of Italian healthcare entities was aimed at describing the role of therapeutic pathways and drug utilization in terms of adherence, persistence, and therapy discontinuation in HIV-infected patients under antiretroviral therapies (ART) and Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF)-based regimens on healthcare resource consumption and related direct healthcare costs. Between 2015 and 2019, adults (≥18 years) prescribed with TAF-based therapies were identified and characterized in the year prior to the first prescription (index-date) for TAF-based therapies and followed-up until the end of data availability. Overall, 2658 ART-treated patients were included, 1198 of which were under a TAF-based regimen. TAF-based therapies were associated with elevated percentages of adherence (83.3% patients with proportion of days covered, PDC > 95% and 90.6% with PDC > 85%) and persistence (78.5%). The discontinuation rate was low in TAF-treated patients, ranging from 3.3% in TAF-switchers to 5% in naïve. Persistent patients had lower overall mean annual healthcare expenditures (EUR 11,106 in persistent vs. EUR 12,380 in non-persistent, p = 0.005), and this trend was statistically significant also for costs related to HIV hospitalizations. These findings suggest that a better therapeutic management of HIV infection might result in positive clinical and economic outcomes.

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Real-world analysis of outcomes and economic burden in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism among a sample of the Italian population

This real-world analysis evaluated the clinical and economic burden of non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients with and without secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) in Italy. An observational retrospective study was conducted using administrative databases containing a pool of healthcare entities covering 2.45 million health-assisted individuals. Adult patients with hospitalization discharge diagnoses for CKD stages 3, 4, and 5 were… Leggi tutto »Real-world analysis of outcomes and economic burden in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism among a sample of the Italian population