Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
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Eligibility Criteria
- * Patients with at least one prescription record (based on NDC or healthcare common procedure coding system \[HCPCS\] codes) of Airsupra (for Airsupra arm) or albuterol (for selected albuterol comparator arm) since January 2023
- * Patients with an asthma indication (indicated by an ICD-10-CM code J45.xx) within the 12 months prior to the index date identified by at least one of the following Health Plan Employer Data Information Set (HEDIS) criteria:
- * Patients with at least one prescription record (based on NDC or HCPCS codes) of albuterol within the 12 months prior to the index date
- * Patients aged ≥18 years on the index date
- * Patients with ≥12 months of continuous insurance enrolment prior to and post index date
- * Patients with at least one medical claim with an ICD-10 code within the 12 months prior to the index date for the following chronic respiratory conditions or other systematic inflammatory diseases routinely treated with SCS: COPD, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, bronchiectasis, respiratory tract cancer, hypereosinophilic syndrome, Churg-Strauss syndrome, eosinophilic pneumonia, Wegener's granulomatosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, hyperventilation syndrome, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, primary ciliary dyskinesia, vasculitis collagen vascular disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, or inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease)
- * Patients with maintenance OCS use within the 12 months prior to the index date, defined as use of OCS covering minimum 50% (6 months) in days' supply
- * Airsupra patients with a concomitant SABA prescription record on the index date
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years to
Sexes Eligible for Study
ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No