| Literature DB >> 29466415 |
Waranya Rattanavipapong1, Thunyarat Anothaisintawee1,2, Yot Teerawattananon1.
Abstract
Thailand is encountering challenges to introduce the high-cost sofosbuvir for chronic hepatitis C treatment as part of the Universal Health Care's benefit package. This study was conducted in respond to policy demand from the Thai government to assess the value for money and budget impact of introducing sofosbuvir-based regimens in the tax-based health insurance scheme. The Markov model was constructed to assess costs and benefits of the four treatment options that include: (i) current practice-peginterferon alfa (PEG) and ribavirin (RBV) for 24 weeks in genotype 3 and 48 weeks for other genotypes; (ii) Sofosbuvir plus peginterferon alfa and ribavirin (SOF+PEG-RBV) for 12 weeks; (iii) Sofosbuvir and daclatasvir (SOF+DCV) for 12 weeks; (iv) Sofosbuvir and ledipasvir (SOF+LDV) for 12 weeks for non-3 genotypes and SOF+PEG-RBV for 12 weeks for genotype 3 infection. Given that policy options (ii) and (iii) are for pan-genotypic infection, the cost of genotype testing was applied only for policy options (i) and (iv). Results reveal that all sofosbuvir-based regimens had greater quality adjusted life years (QALY) gains compared with the current treatment, therefore associated with lower lifetime costs and more favourable health outcomes. Additionally, among the three regimens of sofosbuvir, SOF+PEG-RBV for genotype 3 and SOF+LDV for non-3 genotype are the most cost-effective treatment option with the threshold of 160,000 THB per QALY gained. The results of this study had been used in policy discussion which resulted in the recent inclusion of SOF+PEG-RBV for genotype 3 and SOF+LDV for non-3 genotype in the Thailand's benefit package.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29466415 PMCID: PMC5821370 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193112
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Probabilities of treatment-associated anemia.
| Probabilities | Mean | SE | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia associated with PEG-RBV | 0.25 | 0.05 | Beta |
| Anemia associated with SOF+PEG-RBV | 0.18 | 0.03 | Beta |
| Anemia associated with SOF+DCV | 0 | 0 | Beta |
| Anemia associated with SOF+LDV | 0.009 | 0.005 | Beta |
*Probability distributions for employing uncertainty analysis in economic evaluationSE—Standard error; PEG—Peginterferon alfa; RBV—Ribavirin; SOF—Sofosbuvir; DCV—Daclatasvir; LDV—Ledipasvir
Efficacy of antiviral combination therapy for treatment of chronic HCV infection.
| Regimen | Sustained Virological Response | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCV genotype 3 (95% CI) | Reference | HCV genotype 1&6 (95% CI) | Reference | |
| PEG-RBV | 83 (77–89) | [ | 68 (60–76) | [ |
| SOF + PEG-RBV | 95 (90–98) | [ | 92 (89–94) | [ |
| SOF + DCV | 96 (91–99) | [ | 100 (94–100) | [ |
| SOF + LDV | 64 (42–82) | [ | 95 (93–98) | [ |
*Sustained virological response (SVR) refers to SVR at 24 weeks post-treatment of peginterferon alfa and ribavirin or at 12 weeks post-treatment of sofosbuvir-based regimens
Cost parameters*.
| Costs | Mean (THB) | Distribution | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEG-RBV for 24 weeks | 75,600 | Gamma | Drug companies |
| PEG-RBV for 48 weeks | 151,200 | Gamma | Drug companies |
| SOF + PEG-RBV for 12 weeks | 163,800 | Gamma | Drug companies |
| SOF + DCV for 12 weeks | 252,000 | Gamma | Drug companies |
| SOF + LDV for 12 weeks | 166,500 | Gamma | Drug company |
| HCV genotype testing | 5,410 | Gamma | [ |
| PEG-RBV for 24 weeks | 17,100 | Gamma | [ |
| PEG-RBV for 48 weeks | 20,200 | Gamma | [ |
| SOF + PEG-RBV for 12 weeks | 8,700 | Gamma | [ |
| SOF + DCV for 12 weeks | 8,700 | Gamma | [ |
| SOF + LDV for 12 weeks | 14,100 | Gamma | [ |
| Chronic HCV infection | 72,000 | Gamma | [ |
| Compensated cirrhosis | 80,000 | Gamma | [ |
| Decompensated cirrhosis | 148,300 | Gamma | [ |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 183,800 | Gamma | [ |
| Anemia | 8,317 | Gamma | [ |
| Chronic HCV infection (per year) | 4,470 | Gamma | [ |
| Compensated cirrhosis (per year) | 4,380 | Gamma | [ |
| Decompensated cirrhosis (per year) | 6,060 | Gamma | [ |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma (per year) | 9,900 | Gamma | [ |
| Hospital visit, outpatient service (per visit) | 670 | Gamma | [ |
*The number is rounded up.
†Sum of the aggregate amount of costs; standard errors of unit costs are not reported.
§ Probability distribution for employing uncertainty analysis in economic evaluation
THB—Thai Baht
Utility parameters.
| Health states | Mean | SE | Distribution | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic HCV infection | 0.73 | 0.0011 | Beta | [ |
| Compensated cirrhosis | 0.70 | 0.0020 | Beta | [ |
| Decompensated cirrhosis | 0.58 | 0.0020 | Beta | [ |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 0.58 | 0.0023 | Beta | [ |
| Anemia in chronic HCV infection | 0.61 | 0.0018 | Beta | [ |
*Probability distribution for employing uncertainty analysis in economic evaluation
†Analysis of secondary data collected by the authors. Subtraction of disutility due to anemia from utility value of chronic HCV infection
Fig 1Cost-effectiveness plane of lifetime cost and effectiveness of four treatment strategies.
Fig 2Acceptability curves of the cost-effectiveness at the different ceiling threshold of four treatment strategies for chronic HCV infection.
Fig 3Results of one-way sensitivity analysis of SOF+PEG-RBV regimen compared to standard treatment (PEG-RBV regimen).
Fig 4Results of one-way sensitivity analysis of SOF+DCV regimen compared to standard treatment (PEG-RBV regimen).
Fig 5Results of one-way sensitivity analysis of SOF+PEG-RBV (genotype 3) and SOF+LDV (non-3 genotype) compared to standard treatment (PEG-RBV regimen).
Expected number of chronic HCV patients used to estimate the budget impact.
| Patients with HCV genotype 3 (48.12%) | Patients with HCV non-3 genotype (51.88%) | Total patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient with chronic HCV infection (prevalence = 0.39%) | 82,995 | 89,482 | 172,478 |
| Eligibility criterion, patient who had METAVIR fibrosis score ≥ 2 (43.2%) | 35,854 | 38,656 | 74,510 |
| 5% coverage | 1,793 | 1,933 | 3,726 |
Budget impact of adoption of new therapies for chronic HCV infection in THB (millions).
| Year | HCV genotyping, PEG-RBV (standard treatment) | SOF+PEG-RBV for all genotypes | SOF+DCV for all genotypes | HCV genotyping, SOF+PEG-RBV (Genotype 3) and SOF+LDV (Non 3 genotype) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | Laboratory tests | Treatment | Drugs | Laboratory tests | Treatment | Drugs | Laboratory tests | Treatment | Drugs | Laboratory tests | Treatment | |
| 1 | 378 | 71 | 0 | 610 | 32 | 0 | 939 | 32 | 0 | 615 | 43 | 0 |
| 2–10 | 0 | 0 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| Total | 992 | 784 | 1,013 | 762 | ||||||||
*Treatment costs due to patients who failed to therapy and continued to progress to HCV complications