Henry W C Leung1, Agnes L F Chan2, Chih-Hsin Muo3, John Hang Leung1. 1. a Radiation Oncology, An Nan Hospital , China Medical University , Tainan , Taiwan. 2. b Department of Pharmacy, An-Nan Hospital , China Medical University , Tainan , Taiwan. 3. c Management Office for Health Data , China Medical University Hospital , Taichung , Taiwan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To provide perspective for the National Health Insurance Bureau (NHIB), we determined the cost-effectiveness of pertuzumab combined with trastuzumab and docetaxel (TDP) versus trastuzumab and docetaxel (TD) as a first-line treatment for HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer. METHODS: We used a Markov model to simulate cost-effectiveness, disease progression, and survival, based on clinical data and transition probabilities extracted from the CLEOPATRA study. Direct medical costs were acquired from the NHIB claims database.The utilities in health state were based on a recent cost-effectiveness study on trastuzumab and pertuzumab. Outcomes included quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), costs in New Taiwan dollars (NT$), and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). We performed one-way deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of specific parameters on the model. RESULTS: Modeled median survival was 39.1 months for TD and 50.1 months for TDP. The ICER was NT$18,999,687 (US$593,741) per QALY gained. The sensitivity analyses indicated that TDP could be cost-effective under favorable assumptions; TDP had a 68% chance of being cost-effective, if TDP costs could be reduced with 10% in the stable disease state. CONCLUSION: Our model predicted that TDP would be cost-effective as a first-line treatment for HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer, but only under favorable drug cost assumptions.
OBJECTIVE: To provide perspective for the National Health Insurance Bureau (NHIB), we determined the cost-effectiveness of pertuzumab combined with trastuzumab and docetaxel (TDP) versus trastuzumab and docetaxel (TD) as a first-line treatment for HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer. METHODS: We used a Markov model to simulate cost-effectiveness, disease progression, and survival, based on clinical data and transition probabilities extracted from the CLEOPATRA study. Direct medical costs were acquired from the NHIB claims database.The utilities in health state were based on a recent cost-effectiveness study on trastuzumab and pertuzumab. Outcomes included quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), costs in New Taiwan dollars (NT$), and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). We performed one-way deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of specific parameters on the model. RESULTS: Modeled median survival was 39.1 months for TD and 50.1 months for TDP. The ICER was NT$18,999,687 (US$593,741) per QALY gained. The sensitivity analyses indicated that TDP could be cost-effective under favorable assumptions; TDP had a 68% chance of being cost-effective, if TDP costs could be reduced with 10% in the stable disease state. CONCLUSION: Our model predicted that TDP would be cost-effective as a first-line treatment for HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer, but only under favorable drug cost assumptions.
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Keywords:
Pertuzumab; cost-effectiveness; docetaxel; metastatic breast cancer; trastuzumab
Authors: Aaron P Mitchell; Alan C Kinlaw; Sharon Peacock-Hinton; Stacie B Dusetzina; Hanna K Sanoff; Jennifer L Lund Journal: Oncologist Date: 2019-10-14