Lexapro Loses First-Line Position for the Treatment of Major Depression
Posted on: Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 07:00 CDT
Use of Atypicals In Major Depression Treatment Is Growing, According to a New Report from Decision Resources
Patient-Flow Forecasts Between Pristiq and Effexor XR Need to Take Into Account Reimbursement Hurdles
The new report entitled Treatment Algorithms in Major Depression also finds that although atypical antipsychotics do not capture substantial patient share until the third-line of therapy in newly diagnosed patients, third-line patient share has grown from 11.8 percent to 17.1 percent since last year's report. This growth is likely attributed to physicians' growing comfort with these agents given the FDA approval of Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka's Abilify as an adjunct therapy in 2007 and the expected upcoming FDA approval of AstraZeneca's Seroquel XR for treating this disease.
"AstraZeneca's Seroquel, Pfizer's Geodon and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa all capture more patient share in the third line in our current analysis versus the analysis in our 2008 report. Even though these agents are not FDA-approved for major depression, physicians appear to be becoming more comfortable with atypicals as a class, a trend that may reflect a spill-over effect from Abilify's approval," stated
By pairing patient-level claims data with primary survey data, the report can be used to build patient-flow models and highlight assumptions driving these models.
"Of all patients in our claims database taking Wyeth's Pristiq for major depression, only 2.6 percent took the drug on the first line. Among patients moving to Pristiq from another drug, 13.0 percent had taken Wyeth's Effexor XR on the previous line of therapy, indicating that Pristiq is drawing business from more than just Effexor XR," said Dr. Malecki. "Surveyed physicians point to better reimbursement of and greater familiarity with Effexor XR as the top reasons they choose this drug. This suggests that efforts made by Wyeth to move patients from Effexor XR to Pristiq over the next couple of years will have to overcome these hurdles. Likewise, any forecast patient-flow between these drugs will also have to take into account Pristiq's limitations."
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