PAH Treatment Trends and Market Assessment

 

April 2010

Project Objectives:

n  Primary Objective: To understand current practices and trends in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Study Scope and Participants:

n  Specialties and quotas:

·       50 pulmonologists

n  Screening Criteria:

·       US-based pulmonologists

·       Board-certified in specialty

·       2 to 30 years of experience post-training

·       Minimum of 75% professional time spent in clinical practice

·       Treats at least 10 patients/month for PAH

·       Treats WHO Group I patients

 

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Screening Questions

S1.      What is your primary medical specialty?

¡  Rheumatology [terminate]

¡  Gastroenterology [terminate]

¡  Dermatology [terminate]

¡  Pulmonology

¡  Oncology [terminate]

¡  Other, please specify                                 [Terminate]

     

S2.      Are you board certified in your specialty?

¡  Yes

¡  No [Terminate]

     

S3.      Approximately how many years have you been in practice post-training?

           Years [Terminate <2 or >30]

     


S4.      Approximately what percentage of your professional time is spent in clinical practice?

           % of my professional time [Terminate <75%]

     

S5.      Please select the setting which best describes where you spend most of your time in clinical practice.

¡  Academic/teaching hospital

¡  Community hospital

¡  Group practice – single specialty

¡  Group practice – multi-specialty

¡  Private practice

     

S6.      Please indicate the number of patients you treat for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a typical month:

_________ patients/month [terminate if <10]

     

S7.      Of these patients, how many would you classify as WHO Group I patients?

 _________ patients/month [terminate if <1]

 

     

(Standard Qualify Text)

     


PAH Treatment Trends and Market Assessment

SECTION ONE: Current Market

1.       How many patients are you currently treating for PAH?

_______ patients

     

2.       Of these patients, how many are classified as:

 

Type

Number of PAH Patients

NYHA Class II

 

NYHA Class III

 

NYHA Class IV

 

     

3.       Within each of these classes, how many patients are treated with the following regimens?

 

Regimen

Number of Class II PAH Patients

Number of Class III PAH Patients

Number of Class IV PAH Patients

Total Number of Patients on Regimen

Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5)

 

 

 

Endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA)

 

 

 

Prostacyclin

 

 

 

PDE5 + ERA

 

 

 

PDE5 + Prostacyclin

 

 

 

ERA + Prostacyclin

 

 

 

PDE5 + ERA + Prostacyclin

 

 

 

Other, please specify:______

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

     

4.         Of the patients who are treated with prostacyclins, how many are specifically using Tyvaso?  (Note: we have inserted the total number of patients currently treated with each regimen involving prostacyclins you reported in the previous question as a reference.)

 

Regimen

Total Number of Patients on Regimen

Number of Patients Specifically Using Tyvaso

Prostacyclin

(force

PDE5 + Prostacyclin

(force

ERA + Prostacyclin

(force

PDE5 + ERA + Prostacyclin

(force

 

 

5.       Of the patients you are currently treating with Tyvaso, what percentage is:

 

Line of Treatment

% of Patients Currently Treated With Tyvaso

Newly diagnosed patients undergoing first-line treatment

______%

Patients undergoing second-line or more therapy after prior treatment with:

Revatio (sildenafil)

______%

Adcirca (tadalafil)

______%

Letairis (ambrisentan)

______%

Tracleer (bosentan)

______%

Ventavis (iloprost)

______%

SC Remodulin (treprostinil sodium)

______%

IV Remodulin (treprostinil sodium)

______%

IV Flolan (Epoprostenol sodium)

______%

Any combination therapy, please specify:_____

______%

Other, please specify:_______

______%

 

     

5.       Are you aware of the results of the FREEDOM-C Phase III study for oral Remodulin?

¡  Yes

¡  No

     

6.       Assuming the FDA approves the use of oral Remodulin for PAH in the future, please predict how effective it would be as a monotherapy:

 

Not at all effective

 

Somewhat effective

 

Very effective

1

2

3

4

5

¡

¡

¡

¡

¡

 

     

7.       Assuming the FDA approves the use of oral Remodulin for PAH in the future, please predict how effective it would be in combination with other therapies:

 

Not at all effective

 

Somewhat effective

 

Very effective

1

2

3

4

5

¡

¡

¡

¡

¡

     

8.       How would you incorporate oral Remodulin in your PAH treatment practices? (Please assume FDA approval.)

¡  Only as a monotherapy

¡  Only in combination with other therapies (skip to q10)

¡  Both as a monotherapy and in combination with other therapies

¡  I would not use oral Remodulin (skip to q10)

     

9.       What would you most likely combine oral Remodulin with?  Please specify which NYHA patient class you would treat with this combination therapy.  (open-end)

(END survey)

 

 


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