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Value Health Reg Issues ; 21: 201-204, 2020 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32199257

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: To describe the process and results of the implementation of a performance-based risk-sharing arrangement for the use of certolizumab pegol (Cimzia) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), based on rational pharmacotherapy. METHODS: In 2014, the area of Management of Drugs and Supplies of the health maintenance organization of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires signed a performance-based risk-sharing arrangement with Montpellier Laboratory for the use of certolizumab pegol in patients with RA. The laboratory would reimburse the hospital the cost of the first 10 doses of the drug if an optimal clinical response was not achieved (difference greater than or equal to 1.2 in the Disease Activity Score 28 with erythrocyte sedimentation [Δ DAS28 ESR] measured at the beginning and at the end), or if the patient presented with an adverse drug reaction, during the first 12 weeks of treatment. RESULTS: Forty patients with RA were included between September 2014 and January 2018. Thirty-six patients completed 12 weeks of treatment, of which 25 (69.4 %) had an optimal clinical response (Δ DAS28 ESR ≥ 1.2). The laboratory reimbursed the hospital 116 doses of certolizumab pegol, corresponding to 12 patients (12 of 40, 30%). Eleven of them did not reach the optimal clinical response, and 1 presented with an adverse drug reaction. CONCLUSIONS: The performance-based risk-sharing arrangement proved to be a useful tool to optimize the resources of the healthcare payer and contributed to the collection of scientific evidence in real-life patients.


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Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy , Certolizumab Pegol/therapeutic use , Patients/psychology , Risk Sharing, Financial/standards , Adult , Aged , Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use , Arthritis, Rheumatoid/psychology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Patients/statistics & numerical data , Quality of Health Care/standards , Quality of Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Risk Sharing, Financial/methods , Risk Sharing, Financial/statistics & numerical data
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Evid. actual. práct. ambul ; 11(5): 146-146, sept.-oct. 2008.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-516504

ABSTRACT

Al compartir el consultorio con una médica de plant, tuve la oportunidad de conocer a un señor de 70 años que acompañaba a su mujer a la consulta. La señora consultaba porque en el último tiempo había comenzado con episodios de broncoespasmo, por lo que le indicaron "puffs" con salbutamol. La revisamos, la Doctora le enseñó a usar el inhalador y charló un rato sobre el asma y su tratamiento. Antes de terminar la consulta, la señora le pidió amablemente a la Doctora si podía ver unas radiografías de tórax que había traído su marido -también su paciente- adelantándole que en el informe decía que había algo anormal. En el lóbulo superior del pulmón derecho, pudimos observar una imágen redondeada, heterogénea de unos 3 cm. de diámetro y cuyos contornos nos parecieron bastante nítidos, aunque el informe los describía como irregulares. Al ver la imagen, interrogué al paciente sobre tabaquismo y me respondió que fumaba 20 cigarrillos por día; por lo que lo primero que se me ocurrió es que el paciente podía tener cáncer de pulmón. La Doctora le explicó que había que estudiar esa imagen más detalladamente y le solicitó una PPD, una tomografía de tórax con contraste y lo citó para cuando tuviera los resultados.


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Humans , Health Communication , /methods , /ethics , Physician-Patient Relations , Ethics, Medical , Education, Medical
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