Replication of the P04334 Asthma Trial in Healthcare Claims Data

Inclusion Criteria

• •Criteria:
• •Please see https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WD618wrywYjEaXzfLTcuK-VCcnb6b-gV for full code and algorithm definitions.
• •Eligible cohort entry dates:
• •Mometasone-furoate/formoterol was approved by FDA on June 24, 2010 for the management of asthma. The initial eligible cohort entry date was the first date after June 24, 2010 for both the databases investigated (IBM MarketScan, Optum CDM). The last date eligible as cohort entry date was the end of available data for IBM MarketScan and Optum
• •CDM. The following eligible cohort entry dates were included:
• •Optum CDM: June 24, 2010 - June 30, 2020 (end of available data)
• •IBM MarketScan: June 24, 2010- December 31, 2018 (end of available data)
• •≥12 years of age
• •A subject must have been using a medium daily dose of inhaled glucocorticosteroid (ICS) (either alone or in combination with a long-acting beta agonist (LABA)) for at least 12 weeks and must have been on a stable regimen (daily dose unchanged) for at least 2 weeks prior to Screening. Medium daily doses of ICS are defined as follows:
• •1. \>500 to 1000 mcg beclomethasone chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
• •2. \>250 to 500 mcg beclomethasone hydrofluoroalkane (HFA)
• •3. \>600 to 1000 mcg budesonide dry powder inhaler (DPI)
• •4. \>1000 to 2000 mcg flunisolide
• •5. \>250 to 500 mcg fluticasone
• •6. 400 mcg MF
• •7. \>1000 to 2000 mcg triamcinolone acetonide
• •Diagnosis of asthma
• •A female subject of childbearing potential must have been using a medically acceptable, adequate form of birth control.