Melania Dovizio

Incidence and Predictors of Switching and Dose Change of Direct Oral Anticoagulants among Elderly Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A 5-Year Analysis of a Large Administrative Database

In the last decade, novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have emerged as prominent therapeutic options in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). We analysed the clinical burden and the switching rate between all available NOACs, and their dosage change over a period of 5 years in a representative population of patients with NVAF aged between 70 and 75… Read More »Incidence and Predictors of Switching and Dose Change of Direct Oral Anticoagulants among Elderly Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A 5-Year Analysis of a Large Administrative Database

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Analysis of drug utilization in patients with psoriasis: a real-world retrospective study among the Italian population

Purpose: An Italian real-world retrospective study was conducted in patients with psoriasis (PSO) to evaluate their characteristics, treatment patterns, and biological/targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (b/tsDMARD) drug utilization.Patients and Methods: The retrospective analysis was carried out on real-world data collected from administrative databases of selected Italian health-departments; the dataset covered approximately 22% of the Italian population. PSO… Read More »Analysis of drug utilization in patients with psoriasis: a real-world retrospective study among the Italian population

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Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in Patients on Antiretroviral Therapies: Findings from Real-World Data in Italy

This real-world analysis conducted on administrative databases of a sample of Italian healthcare entities was aimed at describing the role of therapeutic pathways and drug utilization in terms of adherence, persistence, and therapy discontinuation in HIV-infected patients under antiretroviral therapies (ART) and Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF)-based regimens on healthcare resource consumption and related direct healthcare costs. Between 2015 and 2019, adults (≥18 years) prescribed with TAF-based therapies were identified and characterized in the year prior to the first prescription (index-date) for TAF-based therapies and followed-up until the end of data availability. Overall, 2658 ART-treated patients were included, 1198 of which were under a TAF-based regimen. TAF-based therapies were associated with elevated percentages of adherence (83.3% patients with proportion of days covered, PDC > 95% and 90.6% with PDC > 85%) and persistence (78.5%). The discontinuation rate was low in TAF-treated patients, ranging from 3.3% in TAF-switchers to 5% in naïve. Persistent patients had lower overall mean annual healthcare expenditures (EUR 11,106 in persistent vs. EUR 12,380 in non-persistent, p = 0.005), and this trend was statistically significant also for costs related to HIV hospitalizations. These findings suggest that a better therapeutic management of HIV infection might result in positive clinical and economic outcomes.

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Real-world analysis of outcomes and economic burden in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism among a sample of the Italian population

This real-world analysis evaluated the clinical and economic burden of non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients with and without secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) in Italy. An observational retrospective study was conducted using administrative databases containing a pool of healthcare entities covering 2.45 million health-assisted individuals. Adult patients with hospitalization discharge diagnoses for CKD stages 3, 4, and 5 were… Read More »Real-world analysis of outcomes and economic burden in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism among a sample of the Italian population

Evaluation of the Impact of Catheter Ablation Procedure on Outcomes and Economic Burden in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Real-World Data from Italian Administrative Databases

Abstract: A real-world analysis among the Italian population has been carried out to estimate thenumber of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing catheter ablation and to evaluate their clinicaloutcome and economic burden. A retrospective analysis on administrative Italian databases hasbeen performed. Between January 2011 and December 2019, all patients diagnosed with AF wereconsidered and those undergoing… Read More »Evaluation of the Impact of Catheter Ablation Procedure on Outcomes and Economic Burden in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Real-World Data from Italian Administrative Databases