In a four-year retrospective study (two years pre-switch and two years
post-switch), all patients with haemophilia B in Ireland (N=28) were
switched from SHL FIX (on-demand or prophylaxis) to ALPROLIX prophylaxis, reporting:6
Improved ABRs6
Median ABRs improved with ALPROLIX vs pre-switch SHL FIX6
ABR pre-switch and 12–24 months post-switch to ALPROLIX6
Adapted from O'Donovan M, et al. 2021.6
Reduced joint bleeds6
Joint bleeds significantly reduced with ALPROLIX vs
pre-switch SHL FIX6
Mean AjBR with SHL FIX (on-demand treatment and prophylaxis)
was 3.9, reducing to 2.1 (p=0.05) following 24 months of
ALPROLIX prophylaxis (n=23 [available data])6
Increased proportion of patients with zero bleeds6
14%
numerical increase in patients experiencing zero bleeds
12–24 months after switching from SHL FIX 18% (5/28) vs. 4% (1/28)6
No safety data were collected.6
Whole-country switch
PROVEN BLEED PROTECTION IN A COUNTRY-WIDE SWITCH6
Bleed Outcomes
In a four-year retrospective study (two years pre-switch and two years
post-switch), all patients with haemophilia B in Ireland (N=28) were
switched from SHL FIX (on-demand or prophylaxis) to ALPROLIX prophylaxis, reporting:6
Improved ABRs6
Median ABRs improved with ALPROLIX vs pre-switch SHL FIX6
ABR pre-switch and 12–24 months post-switch to ALPROLIX6
Adapted from O'Donovan M, et al. 2021.6
Reduced joint bleeds6
Joint bleeds significantly reduced with ALPROLIX vs
pre-switch SHL FIX6
Mean AjBR with SHL FIX (on-demand treatment and prophylaxis)
was 3.9, reducing to 2.1 (p=0.05) following 24 months of
ALPROLIX prophylaxis (n=23 [available data])6
Increased proportion of patients with zero bleeds6
14%
numerical increase in patients experiencing zero bleeds
12–24 months after switching from SHL FIX 18% (5/28) vs. 4% (1/28)6
*Includes patients previously treated with on-demand (n=6) and prophylactic SHL FIX (n=22) at the point of switchover. Two patients were treated on-demand and with prophylaxis for differing time periods in the two years prior to switchover.6 ABR, annualised bleeding rate; AjBR, annualised joint bleeding rate; FIX, factor IX; SHL, standard half-life.
REDUCED INJECTION BURDEN VS SHL FIX IN A COUNTRY-WIDE SWITCH6
Injection Treatment Burden
Reduced weekly injection frequency6
Prophylaxis injection frequency pre-switch vs post-switch*6
Adapted from O’Donovan M, et al. 2021.6
Reduced factor consumption6
28% reduction in weekly median FIX
consumption with ALPROLIX prophylaxis vs SHL FIX prophylaxis6
Reduced yearly injection frequency6
Most patients halved the number of injections per year with ALPROLIX
52 vs
104
injections‡6
*Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers; non-rounded values add up to 100.6†At the time of switchover to ALPROLIX, 21% (n=6/28) of patients were receiving on-demand SHL FIX and 79% (n=22/28) were on prophylaxis with SHL FIX.6‡Calculated from dosing schedules pre- and post-switch. Most patients on prophylaxis with SHL FIX were on twice-weekly injections (n=19/22).6
FIX, factor IX; SHL, standard half-life.
IMPROVED ACTIVITY-RELATED PAIN VS SHL FIX7
Pain Outcomes
Improvements in activity-related chronic pain7
Participants completed a Patient Reported Outcomes Burden and
Experience (PROBE) questionnaire at the time of switching from SHL FIX
treatment and after 2 years of ALPROLIX prophylaxis (n=23)*7
Following the switch to ALPROLIX, patients saw:7
33%
reduction in the number of activities during which chronic pain
interfered (p<0.001)
25%
reduction in the number of activities during which chronic pain
occurred (p<0.001)
compared to pre-switch SHL FIX.
*The PROBE questionnaire has four domains: demographics, general health, haemophilia-specific, and European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire.7
FIX, factor IX; SHL, standard half-life.
PROVEN BLEED PROTECTION IN A COUNTRY-WIDE SWITCH6
Study design
In 2017, all patients with severe haemophilia B in Ireland switched from
SHL FIX (on-demand and prophylaxis) to ALPROLIX prophylaxis as a result of
a national tender process6
Data were collected retrospectively for a 4-year period
from electronic diaries and medical records, including the 2-year period before
switching from SHL FIX to determine the patient’s baseline, and the two-year
period with ALPROLIX.6
*N=31 were eligible but n=28 included in final analysis.6†Defined as endogenous FIX levels <0.01 IU/mL.6‡ABR was calculated based on data for two years on SHL FIX treatment prior to switchover to determine baseline ABR, and for Year 1 and Year 2 of ALPROLIX prophylaxis.6
ABR, annualised bleeding rate; AjBR, annualised joint bleeding rate; FIX, factor IX; SHL, standard half-life.