Cost-effectiveness of tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment strategies for chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase after generic entry of imatinib in the United States
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2016-07
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Padula, William V.
Larson, Richard A.
Dusetzina, Stacie B.
Apperley, Jane F.
Hehlmann, Rudiger
Baccarani, Michele
Eigendorff, Ekkehard
Guilhot, Joelle
Guilhot, Francois
Hehlmann, Rudiger
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William V Padula, Richard A Larson, Stacie B Dusetzina, Jane F Apperley, Rudiger Hehlmann, Michele Baccarani, Ekkehard Eigendorff, Joelle Guilhot, Francois Guilhot, Rudiger Hehlmann, Francois-Xavier Mahon, Giovanni Martinelli, Jiri Mayer, Martin C Müller, Dietger Niederwieser, Susanne Saussele, Charles A Schiffer, Richard T Silver, Bengt Simonsson, Rena M Conti. 2016. "Cost-effectiveness of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment Strategies for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Chronic Phase After Generic Entry of Imatinib in the United States.." J Natl Cancer Inst, Volume 108, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djw003
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BACKGROUND: We analyzed the cost-effectiveness of treating incident chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (CML-CP) with generic imatinib when it becomes available in United States in 2016. In the year following generic entry, imatinib's price is expected to drop 70% to 90%. We hypothesized that initiating treatment with generic imatinib in these patients and then switching to the other tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs), dasatinib or nilotinib, because of intolerance or lack of effectiveness ("imatinib-first") would be cost-effective compared with the current standard of care: "physicians' choice" of initiating treatment with any one of the three TKIs. METHODS: We constructed Markov models to compare the five-year cost-effectiveness of imatinib-first vs physician's choice from a US commercial payer perspective, assuming 3% annual discounting ($US 2013). The models' clinical endpoint was five-year overall survival taken from a systematic review of clinical trial results. Per-person spending on incident CML-CP treatment overall care components was estimated using Truven's MarketScan claims data. The main outcome of the models was cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). We interpreted outcomes based on a willingness-to-pay threshold of $100 000/QALY. A panel of European LeukemiaNet experts oversaw the study's conduct. RESULTS: Both strategies met the threshold. Imatinib-first ($277 401, 3.87 QALYs) offered patients a 0.10 decrement in QALYs at a savings of $88 343 over five years to payers compared with physician's choice ($365 744, 3.97 QALYs). The imatinib-first incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was approximately $883 730/QALY. The results were robust to multiple sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSION: When imatinib loses patent protection and its price declines, its use will be the cost-effective initial treatment strategy for CML-CP.
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