Stakeholder Insight Diabetes

Stakeholder Insight Diabetes

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 Key Findings 3 CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE 6 Scope of the analysis 6 Related reports 7 Common abbreviations used throughout this report: 7 CHAPTER 3 COUNTRY TREATMENT ALGORITHMS 9 Introduction 9 US 10 Japan 12 France 14 Germany 16 Italy 18 Spain 20 UK 22 5 European Markets Summary Algorithms 24 CHAPTER 4 DISEASE DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW 26 Definition of diabetes 26 Segmentation of diabetes 26 Type 1 diabetes 26 Type 1.5 diabetes 27 Type 2 diabetes 27 Etiology and Risk factors 28 Mechanisms of development of diabetes 28 Genetic or acquired causes 28 Risk factors 28 Obesity 29 T2 diabetes epidemic hand-in-hand with obesity epidemic 29 Race 30 T2 diabetes more prevalent in Hispanics and African Americans than in Caucasians 30 Family history 31 T2 diabetes in first-degree relatives is a strong prognostic indicator 31 Advanced age 31 Gender and other factors 31 Gestational diabetes mellitus 32 CHAPTER 5 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIABETES 33 Epidemiology of diabetes 33 Diabetes presents a worldwide public health problem 33 Current prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes 34 Increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes 34 Increase in prevalence to epidemic proportion 35 Datamonitor epidemiology forecast 36 Methodology 39 Epidemic rise in incidence of T2 diabetes 40 CHAPTER 6 DIAGNOSIS AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT 43 Patient management 43 The majority of diabetics are diagnosed and managed by primary care practitioners 43 Referral to a specialist 44 Diagnosis rates in type 2 diabetes 45 Reasons for the poor diagnosis rate 46 Insidious nature of the disease 46 Lack of screening 47 Awareness of guidelines 47 Validity of diagnostic tests 48 Misdiagnosis of T2 and T1 diabetes 50 Strategies to increase diagnosis rates 50 The need for a targeted screening program 51 Late stage of diagnosis 52 Disease indicators at presentation 53 CHAPTER 7 DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS 57 Complications of type 2 diabetes 57 Microvascular complications 58 Nephropathy 58 Retinopathy 61 Neuropathy 62 Macrovascular complications 65 Effect of macrovascular complications on type 2 diabetes treatment 66 End-stage disease considerations 67 Co-morbidities 68 Obesity 68 Effect of obesity on type 2 diabetes treatment 70 Hypertension 70 Dyslipidemia 71 CHAPTER 8 TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES 73 Treatment guidelines for type 2 diabetes 73 Clinical practice guidelines from the ADA/EASD 73 The AACE clinical practice guidelines 76 Lifestyle management for type 2 diabetes 77 Pharmacological treatment for type 2 diabetes 79 Oral antidiabetic (OAD) agents 81 Biguanides (metformin) 81 Sulfonylureas 81 Prandial glucose regulators (PGRs) 82 Thiazolidinediones 84 Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs) 85 Incretin Mimetics 86 Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists (GLP-1s) 86 Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4s) 88 Insulins 88 Lantus 88 Levemir 89 Humalog 89 Novolog 90 NovoLin 91 Humulin 91 Apidra 92 CHAPTER 9 FIRST-LINE PHARMACOTHERAPY 93 Overview 93 First-line monotherapy 93 First-line combination therapy 96 CHAPTER 10 SECOND-LINE PHARMACOTHERAPY 98 Overview 98 Second-line monotherapy 99 Second-line combination therapy 100 CHAPTER 11 THIRD-LINE PHARMACOTHERAPY 103 Overview 103 Third-line monotherapy 104 Third-line combination therapy 105 CHAPTER 12 TRANSITION TO INSULIN THERAPY 108 History of insulin therapy 108 Indications for insulin use in type 2 diabetes 110 Time of initiation of insulin therapy 113 Drivers for insulin uptake 114 Improved of glycemic control 114 Earlier initiation of insulin therapy 115 Restraints for uptake of insulin 116 Weight gain 117 Risk of hypoglycemia 118 Patient education and compliance with subcutaneous injections 119 Cost and reimbursement issues 119 Use of insulin 120 Overall usage of insulin 120 Changes to insulin prescribing habits 122 Past, present and future use 122 Usage of different types of insulin 123 Physician perception of different types of insulin 124 Brand map overview 124 Interpreting a brand map 124 Long-acting insulins: Lantus (Glargine) and Levemir (Detemir) 125 Short-acting insulins: Humalog (Lispro) and Apidra (Glulisine) 126 Failure of inhaled insulin 126 CHAPTER 13 PRESCRIBING TRENDS IN THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES 129 The evolution of the treatment regimen 129 Factors determining the alteration to a treatment regimen 130 Patient empowerment 131 Uptake of single-pill combination (SPC) therapies 132 The evolution of the treatment algorithm 134 Sulfonylureas and Metformin 135 Loss of confidence in TZDS 137 PGRs and AGIs 137 Insulin shifted down treatment algorithm by new classes of incretin mimetic 137 CHAPTER 14 PRESCRIBING INFLUENCES IN THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES 139 Factors influencing prescribing decisions in T2 diabetes 139 Efficacy is the major prescribing influence in type 2 diabetes 140 Safety is also an important prescribing influence 140 Cost issues possibly not as important as for other indications 141 Beta cell salvage and time to secondary failure 142 Mode of administration 143 Dosing frequency 143 Physician perception of existing therapies in type 2 diabetes 143 Brand map overview 144 Interpreting a brand map 144 Physician perception of established classes of antidiabetic drugs 145 Physician perception of novel classes of antidiabetic drugs 147 CHAPTER 15 UNMET NEEDS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES 150 Overview 150 Each unmet need is ordered by relative importance, and discussed in more detail below: 151 Insulin response variability 151 Poor diagnosis 153 Routine screening programs to improve poor diagnosis rate 153 Guideline awareness 155 Non-invasive blood glucose measurement (BMG) 158 Tolerability 159 Incidence of hypoglycemic events 159 Delivery-related complications 160 Weight gain 161 Mode of administration (MoA) 161 Reluctance to self-inject 162 Patient compliance 162 Insulin secretion patterns 162 Patient awareness 163 Efficacy 164 APPENDIX A 166 Bibliography 166 APPENDIX B 173 Physician research methodology 173 Physician sample breakdown 173 US 173 Japan 174 France 174 Germany 175 Italy 175 Spain 176 UK 176 APPENDIX C 177 The survey questionnaire 177 List of Tables Table 1: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus is forecast to increase by the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF), 2003-2025 34 Table 2: Prevalence rate of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the seven major markets (%), 2006-2015 38 Table 3: Estimated absolute prevalence of diabetes in the seven major markets (millions), 2007-2017 41 Table 4: Framingham Heart Study data on lipid levels in men and women with and without diabetes 72 Table 5: ADA evidence grading system for clinical practice guidelines 74 Table 6: Comparator Insulins by onset of action, 2006 109 Table 7: US physician sample breakdown, 2007 173 Table 8: Japan physician sample breakdown, 2007 174 Table 9: France physician sample breakdown, 2007 174 Table 10: Germany physician sample breakdown, 2007 175 Table 11: Italy physician sample breakdown, 2007 175 Table 12: Spain physician sample breakdown, 2007 176 Table 13: UK physician sample breakdown, 2007 176 List of Figures Figure 1: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in the US, 2007 10 Figure 2: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in US, 2007 11 Figure 3: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Japan, 2007 12 Figure 4: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in Japan, 2007 13 Figure 5: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in France, 2007 14 Figure 6: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in France, 2007 15 Figure 7: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Germany, 2007 16 Figure 8: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in Germany, 2007 17 Figure 9: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Italy, 2007 18 Figure 10: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in Germany, 2007 19 Figure 11: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Spain, 2007 20 Figure 12: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in Italy, 2007 21 Figure 13: Population demographic for diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in the UK, 2007 22 Figure 14: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in the UK, 2007 23 Figure 15: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for RCC in the 5EU, 2007 (continued) 24 Figure 16: Population, treatment and treatment outcome data for type 2 diabetic patients in the 5EU, 2007 25 Figure 17: Specialty of physician diagnosing and managing diabetic patients. 43 Figure 18: Estimated percentage of diagnosed type 2 diabetics in the seven major markets 46 Figure 19: Estimated percentage of diagnosed type 2 diabetics who are classified as either overweight or obese. 53 Figure 20: Estimated percentage of diagnosed type 2 diabetics who are classified as prehypertensive or hypertensive. 54 Figure 21: Estimated percentage of diagnosed type 2 diabetics with each degree of plasma cholesterol elevation 55 Figure 22: Proportion of type 2 diabetics in the seven major markets with complications 57 Figure 23: Proportion of type 2 diabetics with complications that suffer from microvascular and/or macrovascular complications in the seven major markets 58 Figure 24: Proportion of type 2 diabetics with different stages of nephropathy in the seven major markets 59 Figure 25: Average time from the diagnosis of diabetes required for the development of different stages of diabetic nephropathy in the seven major markets, 2007. 60 Figure 26: Proportion of type 2 diabetics with retinopathy in the seven major markets 61 Figure 27: Average time required for the development of diabetic retinopathy in the seven major markets 62 Figure 28: Proportion of type 2 diabetics with neuropathy in the seven major markets 64 Figure 29: Average time required for the development of diabetic neuropathy in the seven major markets 64 Figure 30: Proportion of type 2 diabetics with macrovascular complications in the seven major markets 65 Figure 31: Average time for the development of macrovascular complications in the seven major markets 66 Figure 32: Proportion of type 2 diabetics with serious complications (e.g. ESRD, acute MI, amputation) 68 Figure 33: Treatment algorithm for type 2 diabetes, recommended by the 2006 ADA/EASD clinical practice guidelines. 75 Figure 34: Percentage of diagnosed type 2 patients receiving drug therapy and/or lifestyle management in the seven major markets 77 Figure 35: Breakdown of patients by line of treatment in the seven major markets 80 Figure 36: Mechanism of action of sulfonylureas and prandial glucose regulators 82 Figure 37: Percentage of patients on monotherapy versus. combination therapy at first-line therapy, 2007. 94 Figure 38: Breakdown of overall drug class usage in patients on first-line therapy in the seven major markets 96 Figure 39: Breakdown of combination therapy at first-line in the seven major markets 97 Figure 40: Percentage of patients in monotherapy vs. combination therapy in second-line therapy 99 Figure 41: Breakdown of drug class use in patients on second-line monotherapy in the seven major markets 100 Figure 42: Breakdown of drug class use in patients on second-line monotherapy in the seven major markets 101 Figure 43: Percentage of patients on monotherapy versus combination therapy in third-line therapy, 2007. 104 Figure 44: Breakdown of drug class use in patients on third-line monotherapy in the seven major markets, 2007. 105 Figure 45: Breakdown of drug regimen use in patients on third-line combination therapy in the seven major markets 107 Figure 46: Common insulin regimens 110 Figure 47: When to start insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes? 112 Figure 48: Time to the inititation of insulin therapy 114