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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveNCT04097223

A Study Based on Health Insurance Data About the Treatment of Patients Who Have Been Newly Diagnosed With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

An observational study of Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, run by Boehringer Ingelheim at 1 site in Germany.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

A retrospective analysis study in COPD patients for an exact follow-up period of 12 months (in subgroup analyses: 24 and 36 months); censoring of patients will only be done in case a patient died during the respective follow-up period. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
How many people
17,464 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
20 Nov 2019to 1 Jul 2020
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 40 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: A retrospective analysis of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) based on current German COPD guidleines.

Who may be able to join

  • All patients who were continuously insured by the sickness fund for the entire period (01/01/2013-30/06/2018) or, in case a patient deceased after index date, for the time until death
  • A patient will be included as an incident COPD patient if either a hospital documented at least one COPD diagnosis (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10 J 44.-) or a specialist (pneumologist) documented at least 2 confirmed COPD diagnoses (above ICD-10) code) in two different quarters; the first of the above diagnoses is defined as index diagnosis; inclusion period is defined as lasting from 01/01/2014 until 30/06/2017
  • Patients should not have received any COPD diagnosis (ICD-10 J44.-) or any COPD-associated medication in the 12 months pre-index period
  • Patient should have, at date of incident COPD diagnosis (index date), an age of at least 40 years

Who cannot join

  • Patients received , at least one confirmed inpatient asthma diagnosis or two confirmed outpatient diagnoses of asthma (ICD-10: J45) by pneumologists

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Institute for pharmacoeconomics and pharmaceutical logistics e.V (IPAM)

    Wismar, 23966

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About this study

Official title: Real-world Treatment of Newly Diagnosed COPD Patients: A Retrospective German Claims Data Analysis

A retrospective analysis study in COPD patients for an exact follow-up period of 12 months (in subgroup analyses: 24 and 36 months); censoring of patients will only be done in case a patient died during the respective follow-up period.

Medical subject headings
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT04097223
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Subjects with Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveNot described

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Description of Real-life Drug Treatment After Incident Diagnosis - COPD-12 Sample

    Description of real-life drug treatment in patients with newly diagnosed (incident) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the first 12 months after the index date (date of incident (first) diagnosis of COPD). Reported is the percentage of patients per treatment and therapy line. The arms are not mutually exclusive, as patients switched to another treatment during follow-up period.

    COPD-12 sample: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) included in german claims database between april 2015 and march 2018, with follow-up of 12 months since index date (COPD-12).

    LABA: Long-acting beta agonist; LAMA: Long-acting muscarinic antagonist, ICS: Inhaled corticosteroids.

    Measured: Up to 12 months after the index date.

  2. Description of Real-life Drug Treatment After Incident Diagnosis - COPD-24 Sample

    Description of real-life drug treatment in patients with newly diagnosed (incident) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the first 24 months after the index date (date of incident (first) diagnosis of COPD). Reported is the percentage of patients per treatment and therapy line. The arms are not mutually exclusive, as patients switched to another treatment during follow-up period.

    COPD-24 sample: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) included in german claims database between april 2015 and march 2018, with follow-up of 24 months since index date (COPD-24).

    LABA: Long-acting beta agonist; LAMA: Long-acting muscarinic antagonist, ICS: Inhaled corticosteroids.

    Measured: Up to 24 months after the index date.

  3. Description of Real-life Drug Treatment After Incident Diagnosis - COPD-36 Sample

    Description of real-life drug treatment in patients with newly diagnosed (incident) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the first 36 months after the index date (date of incident (first) diagnosis of COPD). Reported is the percentage of patients per treatment and therapy line. The arms are not mutually exclusive, as patients switched to another treatment during follow-up period.

    COPD-36 sample: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) included in german claims database between april 2015 and march 2018, with follow-up of 36 months since index date (COPD-36).

    LABA: Long-acting beta agonist; LAMA: Long-acting muscarinic antagonist, ICS: Inhaled corticosteroids.

    Measured: Up to 36 months after the index date.

  4. Number of Observed Treatment Lines - COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL Sample

    Number of treatment lines an observed patient received in the first 12/24/36 and 48 months after incident diagnosis.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL sample respectively.

  5. Percentage of Patients Per Most Frequently Prescribed Non-COPD Agents in COPD-FULL, COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Percentage of participants per most frequently prescribed non-COPD agents in the first 12/24/36 and 48 months after incident diagnosis.

    GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL sample respectively.

Secondary outcomes (14)
  1. Percentage of Incident COPD-patients With Initial Treatment Not in Line Treatment Guideline - COPD-12 Sample

    Percentage of incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with initial drug treatment not in line with 2012/2018 german guidelines. Results are reported for COPD-12 sample. According to guidelines the initial treatment with long-acting bronchodilators should generally not include use of Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) (both guidelines). Based on the 2012 guideline, a therapy with long-acting bronchodilators should not start with a combination of Long-acting beta agonist (LABA) + Long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) or triple therapy of LAMA+LABA+ ICS.

    Measured: At index date.

  2. Percentage of Incident COPD-patients With Treatment Not in Line Treatment Guideline - COPD-12 Sample (Triple Therapy)

    Percentage of incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with drug treatment not in line with 2012/2018 german guidelines. Results are reported for COPD-12 sample, who received triple therapy (Long-acting beta agonist (LABA) + Long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) + Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)) within the first 12 months after incident diagnosis.

    According to both guidelines (2012/2018) a triple combination treatment should not be prescribed if only 1 or less confirmed outpatient diagnoses and no inpatient diagnosis of a COPD exacerbation (ICD-10 J44.1) before date of prescription of a triple therapy.

    FEV1: Forced expiratory volume (in 1 second).

    Measured: At first day of triple therapy prescription, (which is not the index date), up to 12 months.

  3. Percentage of Incident COPD-patients With Treatment Not in Line Treatment Guideline - COPD-12 Sample (Escalation Therapy)

    Percentage of incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with drug treatment not in line with 2012/2018 german guidelines. Results are reported for patients in COPD-12 sample, with treatment escalation (mono therapy to Long-acting beta agonist (LABA)/ Long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA)/ Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), LABA/ICS or LAMA/LABA to LABA/LAMA/ICS) within the first 12 months after index date.

    According to guidelines patients should not receive a treatment intensification without any previous visit of a pneumologist or hospital (same quarter or previous quarter).

    Measured: Up to 12 months after index date.

  4. Percentage of Patients With Exacerbations After Incident Diagnosis in COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL Samples

    Description of exacerbation (severe exacerbations associated with hospitalizations) frequency of patients with newly diagnosed (incident) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the first 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after incident diagnosis.

    Reported is the percentage of patients with exacerbations by the following categories:

    More or equal than one exacerbation (≥ 1) ;

    1. exacerbation;
    2. exacerbations;
    3. exacerbations; more than 3 exacerbations (> 3 exacerbations).

    Measured: Up to 12,24, 36 and 48 months after index date, for COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL sample respectively.

  5. Number of Yearly Visits Per Outpatient Treatment in COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Description of health-care resource use (HCRU) in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis - Number of yearly visits (outpatient treatment).

    Following categories are reported:

    Number of yearly general practitioner (GP) visits; Number of yearly pulmonologist visits; Number of yearly other specialist (primarily Ophthalmologist, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist and Orthopedist) visits.

    Reported is the average number of yearly visits, per observed patient year.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  6. Number of Yearly Hospitalizations in COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Description of health-care resource use in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis: Number of yearly hospitalizations (inpatient treatment).

    Following categories of inpatient treatment are reported:

    Number of yearly hospitalizations with exacerbations (J44.1); Number of yearly hospitalizations with exacerbations, any COPD diagnosis (J44); Number of yearly hospitalizations with non-COPD diagnosis. Results are reported by follow-up time and available Disease Management Program (DMP) data.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  7. Time to First All-cause Hospitalization in COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 Samples

    Description of health-care resource use in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Reported is time to first all-cause hospitalization in days (inpatient treatment).

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  8. Description of Direct Treatment Cost After Incident Diagnosis in COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Description of direct treatment cost in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis - yearly costs in incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

    LTOT: Long-Term Oxygen Therapy.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  9. Prescription of Medication in COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Description of health-care resource use in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis - Prescription of medication.

    Top-5 prescription of non-COPD medication:

    Beta-blocking agents; Anti-thrombotic agents; Other analgesics \& antipyretics; High-ceiling diuretics; Drugs for peptic ulcer or Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

    Other prescriptions:

    Antibiotics for systemic use (ATC J02AA); Antibiotics + corticosteroids (ATC D07C). Reported is number of yearly prescription.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  10. Number of Patients With Long Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) in COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Description of health-care resource use in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis - Number of Patients with Long Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT).

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  11. Time From Index Date Until Start of Long-term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) - COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 Samples

    Time from index date until start of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in days in the first 12/24/36 months after incident diagnosis.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 sample respectively.

  12. Time From Index Date Until First Exacerbation - COPD-FULL, COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36

    Time from index date until first exacerbation, in the first 12/24/36/48 months after incident diagnosis. Only severe exacerbations leading to an inpatient hospitalization after index date (documented as main diagnosis: ICD-10 J44.1) are considered.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL sample respectively.

  13. Average Number of Yearly Exacerbations During Follow-up - COPD-FULL, COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36

    Average number of yearly exacerbations in the first 12/24/36 and 48 months after incident diagnosis.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24, COPD-36 and COPD-FULL sample respectively.

  14. Average Medication Costs Per Year - COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36

    Description of yearly costs in incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

    Cost of non-COPD-medication are based on the top-10 prescribed on non-COPD drug therapies.

    Measured: Up to 12, 24 and 36 months after index date for COPD-12, COPD-24 and COPD-36 respectively.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Sep 2019
  2. Study start20 Nov 2019
  3. Primary completion1 Jul 2020
  4. Study completion1 Jul 2020

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
17,464 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04097223
Sponsor's protocol ID
1237-0092
Status last verified
Feb 2022
First submitted
4 Sep 2019
Last updated
24 Feb 2022
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: Clinical studies sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, phases I to IV, interventional and non-interventional, are in scope for sharing of the raw clinical study data and clinical study documents. Exceptions might apply, e.g. studies in products where Boehringer Ingelheim is not the license holder; studies regarding pharmaceutical formulations and associated analytical methods, and studies pertinent to pharmacokinetics using human biomaterials; studies conducted in a single center or targeting rare diseases (in case of low number of patients and therefore limitations with anonymization). For more details refer to: https://www.mystudywindow.com/msw/datatransparency

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, run by Boehringer Ingelheim at 1 site in Germany.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Feb 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 9 Sep 2021). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Description of Real-life Drug Treatment After Incident Diagnosis - COPD-12 Sample (time frame: Up to 12 months after the index date.). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Feb 2022.

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