2024
Cost‐effectiveness of sutimlimab in cold agglutinin disease
Ito S, Wang D, Purcell A, Chetlapalli K, Lee A, Cuker A, Goshua G. Cost‐effectiveness of sutimlimab in cold agglutinin disease. American Journal Of Hematology 2024, 99: 1475-1484. PMID: 38733355, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary cold agglutinin diseaseCold agglutinin diseaseStandard-of-careIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioUS willingness-to-pay thresholdRare autoimmune hemolytic anemiaPhase 3 studyWillingness-to-pay thresholdsAutoimmune hemolytic anemiaTime-limited treatmentHuman monoclonal antibodyCold-reactive antibodiesBinding to red blood cellsFollow-up dataCost-effectiveness ratioComplement-mediated hemolysisDeterministic sensitivity analysisHealth resource utilizationProbabilistic sensitivity analysesTransfusion-dependentClinical remissionTransfusion supportImprove quality of lifeRed blood cellsHemolytic anemiaSevere, Refractory Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Requiring 90 Erythrocyte Transfusions.
Namineni N, Waldron C, Tormey C, Goshua G. Severe, Refractory Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Requiring 90 Erythrocyte Transfusions. Annals Of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases 2024, 3 PMID: 38725710, PMCID: PMC11081177, DOI: 10.7326/aimcc.2023.1141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWarm autoimmune hemolytic anemiaAutoimmune hemolytic anemiaHemolytic anemiaSevere warm autoimmune hemolytic anemiaMonths of follow-upHealthy 60-year-old manTherapeutic plasma exchangeHospital day 1Erythrocyte transfusionTransfusion-dependentRefractory diseasePlasma exchangeImmune globulinHospital stayFollow-upDay 1AnemiaHospitalRituximabReticulocytopeniaRemissionSplenectomyTransfusionPatientsStay
2023
Cost-Effectiveness of Sutimlimab Versus Standard-of-Care in Transfusion Dependent Patients with Primary Cold Agglutinin Disease in the United States
Ito S, Wang D, Purcell A, Chetlapalli K, Lee A, Cuker A, Goshua G. Cost-Effectiveness of Sutimlimab Versus Standard-of-Care in Transfusion Dependent Patients with Primary Cold Agglutinin Disease in the United States. Blood 2023, 142: 2316. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-187270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary cold agglutinin diseaseCold agglutinin diseaseIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioTransfusion-dependent patientsIncremental net monetary benefitProbabilistic sensitivity analysesDistributional cost-effectiveness analysisAnemia severityBody weightPhase 3 clinical studiesHealth resource utilizationRed blood cell destructionDisease-specific mortalityHistory of transfusionAutoimmune hemolytic anemiaMarkov state transition modelCare of patientsHumanized monoclonal antibodyLower body weightBlood cell destructionCost-effectiveness ratioFDA package insertsCold-reactive antibodiesBase-case analysisCost-effectiveness analysisSecond-Line Therapy Sequencing in Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: Splenectomy-Rituximab Versus Rituximab-Splenectomy
Waldron C, Ito S, Wang D, Viswanathan G, Butt A, Goshua G. Second-Line Therapy Sequencing in Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: Splenectomy-Rituximab Versus Rituximab-Splenectomy. Blood 2023, 142: 2317. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-189957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWarm autoimmune hemolytic anemiaSecond-line therapyAutoimmune hemolytic anemiaAdult patientsHemolytic anemiaSecond-line treatmentFirst-line treatmentPrevention of thrombosisDegree of anemiaLaparoscopic surgical techniquesPatient's disease statusQuality-adjusted life expectancyRate of infectionProbabilistic sensitivity analysesNet monetary benefitRituximab cyclesTherapy sequencingComplete remissionPartial remissionPerioperative mortalityPrimary outcomeTherapeutic sequencingLaparoscopic techniquePreferred treatmentRelapse risk