2024
Real-world comparison of health care costs of venetoclax-obinutuzumab vs Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor use among US Medicare beneficiaries with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the frontline setting.
Huntington S, Manzoor B, Jawaid D, Puckett J, Emechebe N, Ravelo A, Kamal-Bahl S, Doshi J. Real-world comparison of health care costs of venetoclax-obinutuzumab vs Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor use among US Medicare beneficiaries with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the frontline setting. Journal Of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy 2024, 30: 1106-1116. PMID: 39046941, PMCID: PMC11424914, DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2024.24049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic lymphocytic leukemiaMonths 0Frontline settingSample of older US adultsMedicare beneficiariesLymphocytic leukemiaFee-for-service Medicare beneficiariesTreatment periodStudy of older adultsTyrosine kinase inhibitor useOlder US adultsBruton tyrosine kinase inhibitorFixed-duration therapyUS Medicare beneficiariesFee-for-serviceMonthly costTyrosine kinase inhibitorsHealth care costsMedicare Part ABcl-2 inhibitorsMultivariate general linear modelMonthly total costsTotal monthly costsPrescription drug costsComparison of health care costs
2023
Real-World Comparison of Healthcare Costs of Venetoclax-Obinutuzumab Vs. Btki Use Among Elderly U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in the Front-Line (1L) Setting
Manzoor B, Huntington S, Jawaid D, Puckett J, Emechebe N, Ravelo A, Kamal-Bahl S, Doshi J. Real-World Comparison of Healthcare Costs of Venetoclax-Obinutuzumab Vs. Btki Use Among Elderly U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in the Front-Line (1L) Setting. Blood 2023, 142: 5085. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-177939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic lymphocytic leukemiaPost-index periodU.S. Medicare beneficiariesBTK inhibitorsHealth care costsMedicare beneficiariesTreatment periodIndex dateMonth 13Months 0Prescription coverageLymphocytic leukemiaHealthcare costsCare costsMonths post-index periodDiagnosis of CLLMonthly health care costsMonthly costCause total costsFixed-duration treatmentPre-index periodPrior CLL treatmentTreatment-free remissionBCL-2 inhibitor venetoclaxFront-line setting