Crohn Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
A multi-centre retrospective review of fistulizing Crohn's disease (CD) patient charts will capture data to measure health care resource utilization associated with the use of Infliximab for treatment of CD. Three health science centres/hospitals from Ontario are targeted to participate in the study, each site is expected to provide 30-40 patient charts with a target of 108 charts total.
Detailed description
This study population was chosen from a non-probability sample.
Interventions
BIOLOGICALInfliximab
None available in the protocol. This was a chart review study, therefore no Infliximab provided during the study.
Sponsors
Centocor, Inc.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Treatment with infliximab for fistulizing CD. * Administration of at least one infliximab infusion \>=12 months before the chart review. * 18 years of age or over (men and women).
Exclusion criteria
* Subjects not followed for a full year after their first infusion of infliximab. * Subjects not followed for a full year prior to their first infusion of infliximab. * Subjects who had participated in clinical studies during the data collection timeframe.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To quantify the impact of infliximab therapy on the Canadian healthcare resource utilization as expressed as incidence per year. | 1 year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To quantify the impact of infliximab therapy on healthcare resource utilization as expressed in Canadian dollars. | 1 year |
Outcome results
None listed