2023
Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Contemporary US Claims
Huntington S, Chang H, Fu A, Loefgren C, Lu X. Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Contemporary US Claims. Blood 2023, 142: 2348. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-181909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematopoietic stem cell transplantationHealthcare resource utilizationAcute myeloid leukemia patientsRetrospective cohort studyIndex dateMyeloid leukemia patientsAML patientsAML diagnosisR patientsDiagnosis codesEconomic burdenPPPM costsCohort studyContinuous enrollmentND patientsLeukemia patientsMedical costsLarge US administrative claims databaseRefractory acute myeloid leukemia patientsHigher healthcare resource utilizationUS administrative claims databaseMore outpatient encountersNon-HSCT patientsNon-transplant recipientsOlder AML patientsReal-World Treatment Patterns and Overall Survival Among Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Claims Data
Huntington S, Chang H, Fu A, Loefgren C, Lu X. Real-World Treatment Patterns and Overall Survival Among Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Claims Data. Blood 2023, 142: 2428. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-178755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematopoietic stem cell transplantAcute myeloid leukemiaNon-transplant recipientsR AML patientsIndex dateAML patientsOverall survivalTreatment patternsND patientsIntensive chemotherapyAML diagnosisR patientsDiagnosis codesTransplant recipientsOlder patientsSupportive careIntensive therapyContinuous enrollmentNovel therapiesLarge US administrative claims databaseUnmet needRefractory acute myeloid leukemia patientsReal-world treatment patternsUS administrative claims databaseAcute myeloid leukemia patients
2021
Treatment patterns, economic burden, and overall survival in US Medicare Advantage beneficiaries newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2015–2020
Huntington SF, Ingham MP, Okonkwo L, Singh A, Wang R, Ammann EM. Treatment patterns, economic burden, and overall survival in US Medicare Advantage beneficiaries newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2015–2020. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2021, 63: 1180-1190. PMID: 34913805, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2021.2012666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaOverall survivalMedicare Advantage beneficiariesMyeloid leukemiaEconomic burdenFirst-line treatment choiceMedian overall survivalMedicare Advantage patientsUnmet medical needSupportive careAgent monotherapyAML patientsClinical outcomesContemporary cohortTreatment patternsAdvantage patientsTreatment choicePatient managementMedical needHealthcare expendituresPatientsOlder adultsLeukemiaPresent studySurvivalCost-effectiveness of azacitidine and venetoclax in unfit patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia
Patel KK, Zeidan AM, Shallis RM, Prebet T, Podoltsev N, Huntington SF. Cost-effectiveness of azacitidine and venetoclax in unfit patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Advances 2021, 5: 994-1002. PMID: 33591323, PMCID: PMC7903235, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUntreated acute myeloid leukemiaIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioAcute myeloid leukemiaUnfit patientsMyeloid leukemiaLifetime health care costsSignificant price reductionUntreated AML patientsOverall survival curvesUS payer perspectiveCost-effectiveness ratioParametric survival modelingHealth care costsPrice reductionIntensive chemotherapyOverall survivalAML patientsTreatment strategiesCurrent pricingResponse rateCare costsSurvival curvesVenetoclaxClinical settingAzacitidine
2020
Clinical outcomes of older patients with AML receiving hypomethylating agents: a large population-based study in the United States
Zeidan AM, Wang R, Wang X, Shallis RM, Podoltsev NA, Bewersdorf JP, Huntington SF, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore SD, Davidoff AJ, Ma X. Clinical outcomes of older patients with AML receiving hypomethylating agents: a large population-based study in the United States. Blood Advances 2020, 4: 2192-2201. PMID: 32433746, PMCID: PMC7252544, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaDecitabine-treated patientsTransfusion independenceRed blood cell transfusion independenceLarge population-based studyOlder AML patientsRBC transfusion independenceEnd Results-MedicarePopulation-based studyStandard of careAgent azacitidineMedian survivalOlder patientsIntensive therapyAML patientsClinical outcomesClinical benefitMyeloid leukemiaMortality riskPatientsAzacitidineDecitabineOlder adultsOne-thirdMeaningful differencesPatterns of care and clinical outcomes with cytarabine-anthracycline induction chemotherapy for AML patients in the United States
Zeidan AM, Podoltsev NA, Wang X, Zhang C, Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Huntington SF, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore SD, Davidoff AJ, Ma X, Wang R. Patterns of care and clinical outcomes with cytarabine-anthracycline induction chemotherapy for AML patients in the United States. Blood Advances 2020, 4: 1615-1623. PMID: 32311013, PMCID: PMC7189301, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive induction chemotherapyAcute myeloid leukemiaHospital deathInduction chemotherapyAdult patientsMultivariable logistic regression modelLow hospital volumePremier Healthcare DatabasePredictors of deathHealthcare resource utilizationIntensive care unitPatterns of careStandard of careLogistic regression modelsFit patientsRemission inductionFirst hospitalizationHospital volumeInpatient deathInpatient mortalityOlder patientsSupportive careMedian ageAML patientsCare unit