Trial Outcomes & Findings for Perianal Fistula (PAF) Validation and Burden of Illness Study (NCT NCT03981939)

Data from participants were collected for this retrospective observational study at a single investigative site in Canada from 2 July 2019 to 31 December 2019.

Participants with a diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) with and without Complex Perianal Fistula (CPAF) were enrolled from The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) database and were observed retrospectively in this study.

Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

Index date first time participant meets case definition(diagnosis of CD with CPAF in index period).Participants divided as:2 diagnosis/imaging codes(IC),2 codes must be in 2 year(yr) period of each other;3 diagnosis/IC/intervention code/EUA+seton;3 diagnosis/IC/intervention code/EUA+seton,diagnosis/IC requirements are satisfied,codes must be in 2yr period of each other;2 diagnosis/IC;3 diagnosis/IC,3 codes must be in 2yr period of each other;3 diagnosis/IC;diagnosis/IC+(EUA+Seton);diagnosis/IC+(EUA+Seton),2 codes must be in 2yr period of each other;3 diagnosis /IC+intervention code 4 codes must be in 2 yr period of each other;2 IC/intervention code/diagnosis code/EUA+seton;2 IC/intervention code/diagnosis code/EUA+seton,IC requirements are satisfied, codes must be in 2yr period of each other;2 diagnosis/IC+intervention code;3 diagnosis/IC+intervention code;2 diagnosis/IC+intervention code,3 codes must be in 2yr period of each other;diagnosis/imaging/intervention codes;diagnosis/IC.

Impact of total disease burden on participants CD with and without CPAF was measured as total cost and cost by sector which included general physicians (GP), specialist, all physician OHIP, home care services, hospital admissions, dialysis, cancer, and radiation, emergency department (ED), Ontario drug benefit (ODB), hospital outpatient clinics, same day surgery (SDS). Index date was defined as the date the first time the participant meets the case definition i.e. diagnosis of CD with CPAF in the index period.

Healthcare Resource Utilization was based on three procedures which included the number of ED visits, number of hospitalizations and number of outpatient visits. Index date was defined as the date the first time the participant meets the case definition i.e. diagnosis of CD with CPAF in the index period.

Impact of total disease burden on participants CD with CPAF was based on three procedures which included total cost, total cost (without ODB) and cost by sector i.e. general physicians (GP), specialist, all physician OHIP, home care services, hospital admissions, Dialysis, Cancer, and Radiation, non-hospital based residential care, emergency department (ED), Ontario drug benefit (ODB), hospital outpatient clinics, same day surgery (SDS). Index date was defined as the date the first time the participant meets the case definition i.e. diagnosis of CD with CPAF in the index period. Participants with CD and CPAF were categorized into pre-defined treatment pathways and results are reported in three arms: No Intervention, EUA ± Seton and Advanced Intervention.

Healthcare Resource Utilization was based on three procedures which included the number of ED visits, number of hospitalizations and number of outpatient visits. Index date was defined as the date the first time the participant meets the case definition i.e. diagnosis of CD with CPAF in the index period. Participants with CD and CPAF were categorized into pre-defined treatment pathways and results are reported in three arms: No Intervention, EUA ± Seton and Advanced Intervention.