CANADIAN BURDEN OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION SECONDARY TO PATHOLOGIC MYOPIA- BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS

Author(s)

Zaour N*1;Heisel O2;Barbeau M1, Ma P3 1Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Dorval, QC, Canada, 2Syreon Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

OBJECTIVES: To identify the real world standard of care, treatment patterns, medical history, resource use and costs of patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to pathologic myopia (PM) in Canada. METHODS: With enrollment still ongoing, 85 patients with Myopic CNV were recruited by ophthalmologists and retina specialists from 16 centres across Canada to participate in this retrospective, multicenter study. Medical records covering at least one year of follow up data from the CNV diagnosis, and up to two years, were analyzed to gather all information related to Myopic CNV. RESULTS:  Data from 67 study participants was analyzed.  Patients had a mean age of 55.4 years (range: 27 – 80 years) at the time of their PM diagnosis (CNV affected eye), and 56.0 years (range: 29 - 82 years) at the time of their first lifetime CNV episode. The analysis showed that 71.6% of participants were female, 71.6% were Caucasian, 61.2% had subfoveal CNV in the affected eye and 31.3% had more than one lifetime CNV episode reported. Based on their visual acuity at the time of CNV diagnosis at the beginning of the chart review period, they were grouped by the Snellen score of the affected eye into 7 groups: 20/32-20/20 (n=5), 20/50-20/32 (n=5), 20/80-20/50 (n=15), 20/125-20/80 (n=12), 20/200-20/125 (n=2), 20/320-20/200 (n=7) and

Conference/Value in Health Info

2013-11, ISPOR Europe 2013, The Convention Centre Dublin

Value in Health, Vol. 16, No. 7 (November 2013)

Code

PSS16

Topic

Economic Evaluation

Topic Subcategory

Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies

Disease

Sensory System Disorders

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