Real-world cost-effectiveness associated with infliximab maintenance therapy for moderate to severe Crohn’s disease in China

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2020; 26(41): 6455-6474
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Table 2 Unadjusted comparisons of the measured clinical outcomes, health resources utilization, and direct medical costs associated with infliximab maintenance therapy and conventional maintenance therapy during 1-year observation time

	IMT, n = 295			CMT, n = 130			P value
Outcome measure	Mean/%	SD	Median	Mean/%	SD	Median
Clinical outcomes
Surgery rate	12.7%			25.4%			0.002^b
Disease remission rate	94.6%			86.9%			0.008^b
Utility for quality of life	0.890	0.080	0.900	0.757	0.093	0.748	< 0.001
Newly developed complications
Any complications	27.0%			42.3%			0.002^b
Anus fistula	17.4%			14.6%			0.489
Intestinal fistula	3.5%			4.6%			0.582
Intestinal obstruction	4.2%			12.3%			0.003^b
Perianal abscess	5.8%			6.2%			0.886
Bowel perforation	1.9%			3.8%			0.260
Health resource utilization
Outpatient clinic visits	1.9	3.3	1.0	3.7	5.2	2.0	< 0.001
Hospital admissions	5.3	2.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.0	< 0.001
Hospital admissions for infliximab administration	4.4	2.2	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	< 0.001
Hospital admissions for active disease management	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.0	< 0.001
Hospital stay days	15.2	11.1	14.0	14.8	12.4	9.5	0.207
Hospital stay days related to infliximab administration	5.7	3.8	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	< 0.001
Hospital stay days for active disease management	9.5	11.3	9.0	14.8	12.4	9.5	< 0.001
Direct medical costs for outpatient clinic visits
Outpatient costs for drugs	¥710	¥4,268	¥0	¥2,342	¥4698	¥644	< 0.001
Outpatient costs for others	¥232	¥589	¥0	¥130	¥446	¥0	0.008^b
Total outpatient costs	¥942	¥4371	¥54	¥2473	¥4777	¥810	< 0.001
Direct medical costs for hospitalizations
Hospital costs related to infliximab administration	¥5,305	¥7650	¥3577	¥0	¥0	¥0	< 0.001
Drug acquisition costs of infliximab	¥39018	¥9610	¥39200	¥0	¥0	¥0	< 0.001
Hospital costs for active disease management	¥11041	¥17982	¥4090	¥24274	¥29285	¥9321	< 0.001
Total hospital costs	¥55365	¥22337	¥52155	¥24274	¥29285	¥9321	< 0.001
Total direct medical costs	¥56307	¥23866	¥52476	¥26747	¥30541	¥12503	< 0.001

^bP < 0.01. CMT: Conventional maintenance therapy; IMT: Infliximab maintenance therapy; SD: Standard deviation.

Citation: Shi JH, Luo L, Chen XL, Pan YP, Zhang Z, Fang H, Chen Y, Chen WD, Cao Q. Real-world cost-effectiveness associated with infliximab maintenance therapy for moderate to severe Crohn’s disease in China. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26(41): 6455-6474
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v26.i41.6455