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- Industry: Animal Healthcare
- Study Type: Hypertension is more common in older cats, especially overweight and obese cats
- Client: A Leading Market Research Company
Background & Key Objectives
- To determine the cause of secondary hypertension that accounts for a significant proportion of hypertension in cats
- Identify the treatment landscape
- Recent changes in the prescription and management practices
Methodology & Approach
- We conducted quantitative interviews in Belgium, Netherlands and USA with 100 interviews in from each market. The length of the interview was approximately 25 minutes. with few open ended questions
- Target respondents – Companion animal vets
- The study tapped into the following areas through different sections:
- Understanding the initial symptoms, risk factors and comorbidities (thyroid, chronic kidney disease, etc.) associated with feline hypertension
- Existing line of treatment, tailored dosage of all available drugs
- Patient charts
- Full assistance had been provided during questionnaire translation, localization, survey programming and Sampling.
- We deployed a specialist team which comprised of experienced interviewers
Our Solution
- Our assistance enabled the client to understand the current practices, unmet needs, real time insights into the treatment
- Insights that are likely to support the development of an alternative therapeutic that has rapid onset of action, is cost effective and lower side effects.