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. 2022 Aug;28(8):10.18553/jmcp.2022.28.8.818. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2022.28.8.818

TABLE 3.

Annual All-Cause and Migraine-Related HCRU at 12-Month Baseline and 12-Month Follow-up Periods (CGRP mAbs vs SOC and GMB vs SOC)

CGRP mAb vs SOC
12-month baseline period 12-month follow-up period P value (baseline period vs follow-up period) Mean change (baseline period vs follow-up period), % P value (mean change) CGRP mAb vs SOC
CGRP mAb (N = 3,082) SOC (N = 3,082) CGRP mAb (N = 3,082) SOC (N = 3,082) CGRP mAb SOC CGRP mAb SOC
Annual all-cause HCRU
  IP visits
    Patients, n (%) 210 (6.8) 302 (9.8) 204 (6.6) 217 (7.0) 0.730 < 0.001 −0.200 −2.800 0.003
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.5) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.4) 0.901 < 0.001 −0.001 −0.040 0.002
  ED visits
    Patients, n (%) 1,087 (35.3) 1,254 (40.7) 987 (32.0) 1,149 (37.3) 0.001 0.001 −3.200 −3.400 0.911
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.8 (4.9) 0.9 (1.9) 0.7 (1.9) 0.8 (2.1) 0.033 0.009 −0.200 −0.100 0.399
Annual migraine-related HCRU
  IP visits
    Patients, n (%) 58 (1.9) 32 (1.0) 39 (1.3) 8 (0.3) 0.022 < 0.001 −0.600 −0.800 0.625
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.02 (0.19) 0.01 (0.11) 0.01 (0.14) 0.004 (0.08) 0.006 0.001 −0.009 −0.007 0.635
  ED visits
    Patients, n (%) 561 (18.2) 562 (18.2) 354 (11.5) 393 (12.8) < 0.001 < 0.001 −6.700 −5.500 0.270
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.41 (3.90) 0.30 (0.86) 0.24 (1.39) 0.23 (1.36) 0.006 0.001 −0.200 −0.100 0.115
Acute migraine medication fills
  Patients, n (%) 2,820 (91.5) 2,568 (83.3) 2,676 (86.8) 2,504 (81.2) < 0.001 0.009 −4.700 −2.100 0.010
  Fills, mean (SD) 10.00 (12.23) 6.09 (7.64) 8.49 (13.35) 5.86 (7.79) < 0.001 0.024 −1.500 −0.200 < 0.001
Preventive migraine medication fills
  Patients, n (%) 2,570 (83.4) 2,406 (78.1) 2,226 (72.2) 3,082 (100.0) < 0.001 < 0.001 −11.200 21.900 < 0.001
  Fills, mean (SD) 7.52 (8.11) 5.05 (6.01) 6.38 (7.87) 8.81 (7.62) < 0.001 < 0.001 −1.100 3.800 < 0.001
GMB vs SOC
12-month baseline period 12-month follow-up period P value (baseline period vs follow-up period) Mean change (baseline period vs follow-up period), % P value (mean change) GMB vs SOC
GMB (N = 421) SOC (N = 421) GMB (N = 421) SOC (N = 421) GMB SOC GMB SOC
Annual all-cause HCRU
  IP visits
    Patients, n (%) 26 (6.2) 51 (12.1) 28 (6.7) 28 (6.7) 0.746 0.002 0.500 −5.500 0.009
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.07 (0.31) 0.17 (0.61) 0.09 (0.39) 0.08 (0.35) 0.508 0.003 0.000 −0.100 0.005
  ED visits
    Patients, n (%) 146 (34.7) 183 (43.5) 132 (31.4) 159 (37.8) 0.240 0.043 −3.300 −5.700 0.551
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.66 (1.47) 1.02 (2.50) 0.54 (1.41) 0.95 (2.30) 0.034 0.493 −0.100 −0.100 0.730
Annual migraine-related HCRU
  IP visits
    Patients, n (%) 4 (1.0) 8 (1.9) 6 (1.4) 3 (0.7) 0.527 0.059 0.500 −1.200 0.090
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.01 (0.13) 0.02 (0.14) 0.01 (0.12) 0.01 (0.16) 0.782 0.366 0.002 −0.007 0.415
  ED visits
    Patients, n (%) 73 (17.3) 88 (20.9) 36 (8.6) 58 (13.8) < 0.001 0.002 −8.800 −7.100 0.589
    Visits, mean (SD) 0.28 (1.09) 0.32 (0.85) 0.16 (1.14) 0.24 (0.81) < 0.001 0.086 −0.100 −0.100 0.354
Acute migraine medication fills
  Patients, n (%) 377 (89.5) 353 (83.8) 351 (83.4) 347 (82.4) 0.001 0.513 −6.200 −1.400 0.094
  Fills, mean (SD) 8.73 (10.03) 6.87 (8.01) 7.24 (9.93) 6.67 (8.25) <0.001 0.513 −1.500 −0.200 0.002
Preventive migraine medication fills
  Patients, n (%) 380 (90.3) 356 (84.6) 322 (76.5) 421 (100.0) < 0.001 < 0.001 −13.800 15.400 < 0.001
  Fills, mean (SD) 9.3 (8.4) 6.9 (6.7) 7.5 (8.2) 9.9 (7.6) < 0.001 < 0.001 −1.800 3.000 < 0.001

CGRP = calcitonin gene–related peptide; ED = emergency department; GMB = galcanezumab; HCRU = health care resource utilization; IP = inpatient; mAb = monoclonal antibody; SOC = standard of care.