PMID- 31625415 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200410 LR - 20200410 IS - 1744-8301 (Electronic) IS - 1479-6694 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 35 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Lenalidomide maintenance post-transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: real-world outcomes and costs. PG - 4045-4056 LID - 10.2217/fon-2019-0422 [doi] AB - Aim: To compare real-world outcomes and costs among patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma receiving lenalidomide-only maintenance (Len-Mt) versus no maintenance after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Patients & methods: Time to next treatment (TTNT) was evaluated; costs were calculated for 0-12, 12-24 and 24-36 months postindex date. Results: Len-Mt cohort had longer TTNT (HR: 0.43; p < 0.0001). Per-patient per-month costs during months 0-12 were higher among patients, receiving Len-Mt (USD 13,095 vs USD 8910; p < 0.0001), due to higher pharmacy costs - outpatient costs were lower. During months 12-24 and 24-36, outpatient costs were similar in both cohorts; total and pharmacy costs remained elevated for patients receiving Len-Mt. Conclusion: Len-Mt improved TTNT, initially reduced outpatient costs, but resulted in higher overall and pharmacy costs. FAU - Hari, Parameswaran AU - Hari P AD - Division of Hematology & Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. FAU - Ung, Brian AU - Ung B AD - Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901, USA. FAU - Abouzaid, Safiya AU - Abouzaid S AD - Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901, USA. FAU - Agarwal, Amit AU - Agarwal A AD - Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901, USA. FAU - Parikh, Kejal AU - Parikh K AD - Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191018 PL - England TA - Future Oncol JT - Future oncology (London, England) JID - 101256629 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - F0P408N6V4 (Lenalidomide) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Costs and Cost Analysis MH - Female MH - Health Care Costs MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects/methods MH - Humans MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Lenalidomide/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Maintenance Chemotherapy/economics/methods MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Multiple Myeloma/diagnosis/*drug therapy/mortality MH - Postoperative Care MH - Retreatment MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Transplantation, Autologous MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - ASCT OT - autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation OT - healthcare resource utilization OT - lenalidomide OT - maintenance therapy OT - multiple myeloma OT - real world EDAT- 2019/10/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/11 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/19 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2217/fon-2019-0422 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Future Oncol. 2019 Dec;15(35):4045-4056. doi: 10.2217/fon-2019-0422. Epub 2019 Oct 18.