IBS-C is an indication ripe for emerging therapies; only three drugs have a label approval for this disease across the major U.S. and European markets, although many therapies are used off-label from indications such as CIC or OIC. Therapies are currently approved primarily based on the patient response rate to various end points, but physicians indicate that drugs capable of delivering superior relief and improving QOL metrics are a key unmet need.
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED
What are the treatment drivers and goals for IBS-C?
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 IBS-C?
What are the prevailing areas of unmet need and opportunity in IBS-C?
What trade-offs across different clinical attributes and price are acceptable to U.S. and European gastroenterologists for a hypothetical new IBS-C 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, and Germany.
Primary research: Survey of 60 U.S. and 32 European gastroenterologists fielded in January 2018.
Key companies: Allergan/Ironwood, Mallinckrodt/Takeda, and Synergy.
Key drugs: Linzess/Constella, Amitiza, and Trulance.
Rationale for Treatment Drivers and Goals Selection
Efficacy
Safety and Tolerability
Convenience of Administration
Nonclinical Factors
Rationale for Drug Selection
Products for IBS-C
Treatment Drivers and Goals
Key Findings: Attribute Importance
Relative Importance of Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Attributes to Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C
Importance of Efficacy Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: United States
Importance of Efficacy Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: Europe
Importance of Safety and Tolerability Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: United States
Importance of Safety and Tolerability Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: Europe
Importance of Convenience of Administration Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: United States
Importance of Convenience of Administration Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: Europe
Importance of Nonclinical Factors to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: United States
Importance of Nonclinical Factors to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: 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 IBS-C: United States
Stated vs. Derived Importance of Key Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Attributes to Prescribing Decisions in IBS-C: Europe
Product Performance Against Treatment Drivers and Goals
Key Findings
Overall Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C: United States
Overall Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C: Europe
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Efficacy Attributes: United States
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Efficacy Attributes: Europe
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Safety and Tolerability Attributes: United States
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Safety and Tolerability Attributes: Europe
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Convenience of Administration Attributes: United States
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Convenience of Administration Attributes: Europe
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Nonclinical Attributes: United States
Relative Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C Across Select Nonclinical Attributes: Europe
Assessment of Unmet Need
Key Findings: Unmet Need in IBS-C
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Satisfaction with the Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C on Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Factors: United States
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Satisfaction with the Performance of Key Therapies for IBS-C on Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, Convenience of Administration, and Nonclinical Factors: Europe
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Efficacy Attributes in IBS-C: United States
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Efficacy Attributes in IBS-C: Europe
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Safety and Tolerability Attributes in IBS-C: United States
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Safety and Tolerability Attributes in IBS-C: Europe
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Convenience of Administration Attributes in IBS-C: United States
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Convenience of Administration Attributes in IBS-C: Europe
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Nonclinical Factors in IBS-C: United States
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need Across Key Nonclinical Factors in IBS-C: Europe
Key Findings: Unmet Need in IBS-C and Related Indications
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need in IBS-C and Related Indications: United States
Surveyed Gastroenterologists' Ascribed Level of Unmet Need in IBS-C and Related Indications: Europe
Opportunity Analysis
Areas of Opportunity in the IBS-C Market and Emerging Therapy Insights
Opportunity: A New Agent Improving Health-Related Quality of Life
Opportunity: A Therapy with a Higher Overall Responder Rate
Health-Related Quality of Life (change from baseline in IBS-QOL score at 12 weeks)
Percentage of Patients CSBM Responder for 6/12 Weeks (Increase u2265 1 CSBM from Baseline)
Dosing Frequency
Price per Day
Conjoint Analysis-Based Simulations of Market Scenarios
IBS-C Market Simulations: Share of Preference of Target Product Profiles Included in Scenario 1
IBS-C Market Simulations: Likelihood to Prescribe Target Product Profiles Included in Scenario 1
IBS-C Market Simulations: Target Product Profiles Included in Scenario 1
IBS-C Market Simulations: Share of Preference of Target Product Profiles Included in Scenario 2
IBS-C Market Simulations: Likelihood to Prescribe Target Product Profiles Included in Scenario 2
IBS-C Market Simulations: Target Product Profiles Included in Scenario 2
Appendix
Key Abbreviations
Experts Interviewed
Bibliography
Kristine Mackin, Ph.D.
Kristine Mackin, Ph.D., is a principal analyst on the Immune and Inflammatory Disorders team at Clarivate. Her expertise includes emerging microbiome-based therapies, psoriatic arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma. Previously, Dr. Mackin was involved with a new company pitch focusing on the infant microbiome, now realized as Commense, during an internship at Puretech Ventures in Boston. She holds a doctorate in biochemistry from Brandeis University, where she studied the evolution of bacteriorhodopsin and the relationship between type I and type II rhodopsins.