Chronic Low Back Pain – Unmet Need – Detailed, Expanded Analysis – Chronic Low Back Pain (US/EU)
Chronic low back pain (CLBP), defined as continuous low back pain lasting for at least three months, is one of the largest segments of the chronic pain therapy market. Prescription treatment options include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioid-based analgesics, antiepileptic drugs, and cytokine inhibitors. Although prescription drug-treatment rates in this population are relatively high, opportunity exists for more-potent-yet-safe therapies. This content provides quantitative insight into U.S. and European primary care physicians’ perceptions of key treatment drivers and goals in the management of CLBP, the existing level of unmet need in this indication, and remaining commercial opportunities in this area.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
- What are the treatment drivers and goals for CLBP?
- What drug attributes are key influencers: which have limited impact, and which are hidden opportunities?
- How do current therapies perform on key treatment drivers and goals for CLBP?
- What are the prevailing areas of unmet need and opportunity in CLBP?
- What trade-offs across different clinical attributes and price are acceptable to U.S. and European PCPs / GPs for a hypothetical new CLBP drug?
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Provides quantitative insight into U.S. and European physician perceptions of key treatment drivers and goals and the current level of unmet need for a specific disease. Commercial opportunities are analyzed, and the extent to which emerging therapies may capitalize on these opportunities is evaluated.
Markets covered: United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany
Primary research: Survey of 60 U.S. and 30 European PCPs / GPs fielded in May 2021
Key companies: AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Grünenthal, Horizon Therapeutics, Janssen, Pfizer, Purdue.
Key drugs: Celecoxib, fentanyl transdermal patch, lidocaine, 5% transdermal patch, oxycodone CR, pregabalin, tramadol ER, Vimovo (naproxen / esomeprazole).
Table of contents
- Chronic Low Back Pain - Unmet Need - Detailed, Expanded Analysis - Chronic Low Back Pain (US/EU)
- Executive Summary
- Unmet Need - CLBP - Executive Summary - August 2021
- Introduction
- Overview
- Methodology
- Rationale for Treatment Drivers and Goals Selection
- Rationale for Drug Selection
- Products for CLBP and Rationale for Drug Selection
- Treatment Drivers and Goals
- Key Findings: Attribute Importance
- Relative Importance of Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Attributes to Surveyed PCPs'/GPs' Prescribing Decisions in CLBP
- Importance of Efficacy Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: United States
- Importance of Efficacy Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: Europe
- Importance of Safety and Tolerability Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: United States
- Importance of Safety and Tolerability Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: Europe
- Importance of Convenience of Administration Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: United States
- Importance of Convenience of Administration Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: Europe
- Importance of Nonclinical Factors to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: United States
- Importance of Nonclinical Factors to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: Europe
- Key Findings: Stated vs. Derived Importance
- Stated vs. Derived Importance of Key Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: United States
- Stated vs. Derived Importance of Key Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in CLBP: Europe
- Product Performance Against Treatment Drivers and Goals
- Key Findings
- Overall Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP: United States
- Overall Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP: Europe
- Mean Overall Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP: United States and Europe
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Efficacy Attributes: United States
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Efficacy Attributes: Europe
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Safety and Tolerability Attributes: United States
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Safety and Tolerability Attributes: Europe
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Convenience of Administration Attributes: United States
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Convenience of Administration Attributes: Europe
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Nonclinical Attributes: United States
- Relative Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP Across Select Nonclinical Attributes: Europe
- Assessment of Unmet Need
- Key Findings: Unmet Need in CLBP
- Surveyed PCPsu2019 Satisfaction with the Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP on Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Factors: United States
- Surveyed GPsu2019 Satisfaction with the Performance of Key Therapies for CLBP on Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Factors: Europe
- Surveyed PCPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Efficacy Attributes in CLBP: United States
- Surveyed GPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Efficacy Attributes in CLBP: Europe
- Surveyed PCPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Safety and Tolerability Attributes in CLBP: United States
- Surveyed GPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Safety and Tolerability Attributes in CLBP: Europe
- Surveyed PCPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Convenience of Administration Attributes in CLBP: United States
- Surveyed GPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Convenience of Administration Attributes in CLBP: Europe
- Surveyed PCPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Nonclinical Factors in CLBP: United States
- Surveyed GPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Nonclinical Factors in CLBP: Europe
- Key Findings: Unmet Need in CLBP and Related Indications
- Surveyed PCPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need in CLBP and Related Indications: United States
- Surveyed GPs' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need in CLBP and Related Indications: Europe
- Opportunity Analysis
- Areas of Opportunity in the CLBP Market and Emerging Therapy Insights
- A Non-Opioid with Reduced Drug-Likability and Fewer Neurological Side Effects
- Opportunity: A New Oral Therapy with Better Efficacy
- Areas of Opportunity in the CLBP Market and Emerging Therapy Insights
- Target Product Profiles
- Assessing Drug Development Opportunities
- Target Product Profile Methodology
- Attributes and Attribute Levels
- Attribute Importance and Part-Worth Utilities
- CLBP Target Product Profile: Attribute Importance
- Mean Point Reduction from Baseline in Pain Intensity: NRS Score
- Mean Point Reduction from Baseline in Roland Morris Disability Total Score
- % reduction in Emax (peak effect) of the Overall drug liking VAS scores
- % of Patients Experiencing Cardiovascular Side Effects vs. Placebo
- % of Patients Experiencing Neurological Side Effects vs. Placebo
- Delivery Profile
- Price per Treated Day
- Conjoint Analysis-Based Simulation of a Market Scenario
- CLBP Market Simulation: Share of Preference of Target Product Profiles Included in the Market Scenario
- CLBP Market Simulation: Likelihood to Prescribe Target Product Profiles Included in the Market Scenario
- CLBP Market Simulation: Target Product Profiles Included in the Market Scenario
- Appendix
- Key Abbreviations
- Executive Summary
Meher Baba Kumar Nakka, M.S.(Pharm.), is an analyst on the CNS/Ophthalmology Disorders team at Clarivate. In this capacity, he works on a range of neurological indications, such as pain and migraine, and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease. He holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad and a master’s degree in pharmacoinformatics from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Mohali.