Cost of Illness Associated With Influenza in the UK

Completed

• Conditions: Influenza

• Registration Number: NCT01521416
• Lead Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to describe the burden associated with influenza in the UK, from both primary and secondary care perspectives, and to stratify the burden by the annual degree of mismatch between predicted and actual virus strains.

Detailed Description

This is a retrospective, cross sectional, exploratory, observational study using database analysis and therefore there is no patient or user group involvement.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-01-26
• Study First Posted: 2012-01-30
• Primary Completion: 2013-04
• Study Completion: 2013-04
• Status Verified: 2013-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-08-29
• Last Update Posted: 2013-09-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1

Inclusion Criteria

• Male or female patients coded within the database as having acute respiratory events that could be related to an infection between 2001 and 2009.
• Patients must have a minimum of 14 days observation before and after the index event to permit the capturing of complications attributable to influenza.

Exclusion Criteria

Not Applicable

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of influenza-related events	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)
Number of confirmed influenza infections	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)
Assessment of resource use	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)
Evaluation of patient outcomes, treatments and costs (type and duration)	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)
Cause of deaths	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)
Incidence of influenza-related events in High Risk groups	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)
Incidence of complications and exacerbations	Over the study time period (from January 21st 2001 to March 31st 2009 inclusive)