OBJECTIVES: A high consumption of stoma appliances and supporting products (SP) can indicate stoma-related challenges with leakage and peristomal skin complications (PSC). The objective of this retrospective analysis was to assess differences in consumption of ostomy bags, plates and SP among new stoma appliance users in United Kingdom (UK) using either Coloplast Sensura Mio^® (SM) or SALTS Confidence BE^® (CB).

METHODS: New patient registrations (NPR) were identified in the Coloplast Charter database (product delivery and patient support service) during Dec 2020-Dec 2021. To estimate the average daily/monthly product consumption, NPRs must have placed 3 or more orders in the last 12 months. Descriptive statistics and t-tests were applied to detect if a statistically significant difference between SM vs CB users was present, when comparing daily/monthly consumption of open or closed ostomy bags and SP.

RESULTS: In the open bags group (N(SM)=3191 and N(CB)=490), no statistically significant difference was detected in the daily consumption of open bags (SM: 1.15 vs CB: 1.15) however a statistically significant higher monthly pack consumption of SP was observed for CB (2.12) vs SM (1.94) (P=0,0034). In the closed bags group (N(SM)=1533 and N(CB)=269), no statistically significant difference was detected in daily consumption of closed bags (SM: 2.17 vs CB: 2.16) however the monthly consumption of SP was statistically significant higher for CB (2.94) vs SM (2.45) (P=<0,0001).

CONCLUSIONS: This retrospective analysis of real-world data indicates that the consumption of ostomy bags was similar between SM and CB, yet a statistically significant difference in consumption of SP was detected, with higher utilization in NPRs using CB. Further research is needed to explore whether the increased SP consumption is due to a higher level of stoma-related complications including leakage and PSC.