1. Biosimilars of filgrastim in autologous stem cell transplant: reduction in granulocyte-colony stimulating factor costs, but similar effects on bone marrow recovery
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Christian Berthou, Marie-Anne Couturier, Pascal Delépine, Jean-Christophe Ianotto, Françoise Ngo Sack, Adrian Tempescul, Nathalie Mugnier, Gaelle Guillerm, Service Hématologie, Hôpital Morvan [Brest]-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest ( CHRU Brest ), Hematology service, Hôpital Central de Yaoude, Immunologie et Pathologie ( EA2216 ), Université de Brest ( UBO ) -IFR148, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive ( LBBE ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique ( Inria ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Université européenne de Bretagne ( UEB ), Hôpital Morvan [Brest]-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Immunologie et Pathologie (EA2216), Université de Brest (UBO)-IFR148, Eléments transposables, évolution, populations, Département génétique, interactions et évolution des génomes [LBBE] (GINSENG), Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB), and Michel, Geneviève
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Male ,Oncology ,Cancer Research ,Lymphoma ,MESH : Retrospective Studies ,MESH : Aged ,MESH: Multiple Myeloma ,MESH: Recombinant Proteins ,MESH : Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor ,MESH: Drug Costs ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor ,[ SDV.IMM ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,MESH : Female ,Prospective cohort study ,MESH: Treatment Outcome ,MESH: Aged ,MESH: Middle Aged ,Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ,Biosimilar ,Hematology ,Middle Aged ,MESH : Adult ,Recombinant Proteins ,MESH: Transplantation, Autologous ,3. Good health ,Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Female ,Multiple Myeloma ,medicine.drug ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,MESH : Transplantation, Autologous ,[SDV.IMM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Filgrastim ,MESH: Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals ,MESH : Recombinant Proteins ,MESH : Male ,MESH : Treatment Outcome ,Transplantation, Autologous ,MESH : Lymphoma ,Drug Costs ,MESH : Drug Costs ,MESH : Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,MESH : Middle Aged ,Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals ,MESH: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,MESH : Humans ,MESH: Adult ,MESH: Retrospective Studies ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,MESH: Male ,Surgery ,Transplantation ,MESH : Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals ,MESH: Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor ,Bone marrow ,MESH: Lymphoma ,MESH : Multiple Myeloma ,business ,MESH: Female - Abstract
International audience; Granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSFs) enhance bone marrow (BM) recovery after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in patients with lymphoma and myeloma. Few publications exist that discuss the use of filgrastim biosimilars after ASCT. We conducted a single-center retrospective study in patients with lymphoma and myeloma treated at Brest Hospital to assess the cost reductions related to and the efficiency and safety of filgrastim biosimilars. We identified 65 patients with lymphoma or myeloma treated with filgrastim biosimilars for ASCT and compared 19 parameters of these patients, including BM recovery, side effects, infectious complications and treatment costs, with published historical data on a cohort of 50 patients treated with classic filgrastim. We observed a significant reduction of G-CSF costs in both groups but did not observe a change in total hospitalization costs (representing less than 2% of the costs) between groups. Additionally, we did not observe differences between the two groups in BM recovery, infectious complications, side effects or the other studied parameters. In this retrospective study, the absence of differences between groups after ASCT in lymphoma and myeloma led us to believe that these drugs could be safely and effectively used for such indications without a significant impact on hospitalization costs. A prospective study should be conducted to confirm our results.
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- 2013
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