BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced new real-world evidence on the use of oral, once-daily ORLADEYO (berotralstat) demonstrating that patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in the United States experience significant reductions in healthcare resource utilization (HRU), including significant reductions in hospitalizations, emergency room visits and use of on-demand therapies, after beginning treatment with ORLADEYO.

The study will be presented in a poster at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus 2024 national meeting, which is being held in Las Vegas from October 14-17, 2024.

"Our interrogation of claims data builds upon previously reported findings demonstrating that ORLADEYO not only has a favorable impact on the lives of patients with HAE – but the broader healthcare system, as well. Here, our analysis reveals that significant reductions in healthcare resource utilization are achieved across multiple outcomes – such as reductions in hospitalizations and medical visits, including those related to HAE attacks. Decreases in on-demand treatment were also observed. Taken together, our investigation provides promising real-world evidence which supports ORLADEYO's clinical and financial value as a prophylactic therapy for HAE," said Sandra Christiansen, MD, professor of medicine and director of translational research at the US HAEA Angioedema Center at the University of California, San Diego.

The poster Healthcare Resource Utilization among Patients Initiating Berotralstat for the Long Term Prophylaxis of Hereditary Angioedema in the United States (#D20) detailed findings from a retrospective pre-post study that featured analysis of administrative U.S. claims data of patients with HAE in the United States. The analysis focused on eligible patients enrolled in commercial and public health plans who initiated ORLADEYO between December 2020 and December 2022 who had a baseline of at least six months of continuous health plan enrollment prior to starting ORLADEYO (n=260).

• Significant reductions in HRU were observed in the overall study population following initiation of ORLADEYO (p<0.05), including in:
  
  • All-cause hospitalizations (34 percent reduction) and outpatient or emergency room visits (14 percent reduction).
  • Angioedema-related hospitalizations (52 percent reduction) and outpatient or emergency room visits (44 percent reduction).
    
• Significant reductions in HAE attack-related HRU were also observed (p<0.05), including in:
  
  • HAE attack-related visits (51 percent reduction), driven by significant decreases in hospitalization (60 percent) and outpatient or emergency room visits (50 percent).
  • Reduction in HAE attack-related visits were observed when stratified by body location of the attack, including in the head and upper airways (48 percent reduction), gastrointestinal system (58 percent reduction) and unspecified locations (52 percent reduction).
  • Additionally, a decrease in use of on-demand therapies administered by a healthcare professional was observed (39 percent reduction) among patients who previously received on-demand treatment.