Gerry Oster1, John Edelsberg2, Kalin Hennegan3, Clement Lewin4, Vas Narasimhan5, Karen Slobod6, Morven S Edwards7, Carol J Baker8. 1. Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA 02445, USA. Electronic address: goster@pai2.com. 2. Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA 02445, USA. Electronic address: edelsberg@pai2.com. 3. Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA 02445, USA. Electronic address: khennegan@pai2.com. 4. Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, One Health Plaza, Building 431, 5(th) Floor, East Hanover, NJ 07936, USA. Electronic address: clement.lewin@novartis.com. 5. Novartis Vaccines, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: vas.narasimhan@novartis.com. 6. Novartis Vaccines, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: karen.slobod@novartis.com. 7. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, #302A, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: morvene@bcm.edu. 8. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, #302A, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Mailstop BCM320, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: cbaker@bcm.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A vaccine against group B streptococcus (GBS) that is intended for routine maternal immunization during pregnancy is in clinical development. Addition of vaccination to screening and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) may further reduce the burden of GBS disease in infancy; its potential cost-effectiveness is unknown, however. METHODS: We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of routine immunization at week 28 of pregnancy with the trivalent GBS (serotypes Ia, Ib and III) vaccine that is in clinical development. The vaccine was assumed to be used in addition to screening and IAP, and reduce the risk of invasive infection in infancy due to covered serotypes. We estimated the effectiveness of immunization in terms of additional cases of GBS disease prevented, deaths averted, life-years saved, and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained; potential reductions in prematurity and stillbirths were not considered. Costs considered included those of acute care for infants with GBS disease, and chronic care for those with long-term disability. The cost of immunization was assumed to be $100 per person. RESULTS: Assuming 85% coverage, routine maternal immunization against GBS added to screening and IAP would prevent an additional 899 cases of GBS disease and an additional 35 deaths among infants in the US. The total annual cost of immunization would be $362.7 million; estimated cost savings from prevention of GBS disease in infancy would be $43.5 million. The cost-effectiveness of immunization was estimated to be $91,321 per QALY gained. Findings were sensitive to assumptions regarding vaccine efficacy and cost. CONCLUSIONS: Addition of a trivalent GBS maternal vaccine to screening and IAP might further reduce the burden of GBS disease among infants in the US, and may be comparable in cost-effectiveness to other vaccines recently approved for use in children and adolescents.
BACKGROUND: A vaccine against group B streptococcus (GBS) that is intended for routine maternal immunization during pregnancy is in clinical development. Addition of vaccination to screening and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) may further reduce the burden of GBS disease in infancy; its potential cost-effectiveness is unknown, however. METHODS: We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of routine immunization at week 28 of pregnancy with the trivalent GBS (serotypes Ia, Ib and III) vaccine that is in clinical development. The vaccine was assumed to be used in addition to screening and IAP, and reduce the risk of invasive infection in infancy due to covered serotypes. We estimated the effectiveness of immunization in terms of additional cases of GBS disease prevented, deaths averted, life-years saved, and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained; potential reductions in prematurity and stillbirths were not considered. Costs considered included those of acute care for infants with GBS disease, and chronic care for those with long-term disability. The cost of immunization was assumed to be $100 per person. RESULTS: Assuming 85% coverage, routine maternal immunization against GBS added to screening and IAP would prevent an additional 899 cases of GBS disease and an additional 35 deaths among infants in the US. The total annual cost of immunization would be $362.7 million; estimated cost savings from prevention of GBS disease in infancy would be $43.5 million. The cost-effectiveness of immunization was estimated to be $91,321 per QALY gained. Findings were sensitive to assumptions regarding vaccine efficacy and cost. CONCLUSIONS: Addition of a trivalent GBS maternal vaccine to screening and IAP might further reduce the burden of GBS disease among infants in the US, and may be comparable in cost-effectiveness to other vaccines recently approved for use in children and adolescents.
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