A FIVE-YEAR MARKOV MODEL EVALUATING THE COST-UTILITY OF NASHA/DX FOR THE TREATMENT OF FECAL INCONTINENCE- A UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE
Author(s)
Wexner SD1, Bernstein M2, Purdy C3, Magar R41Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA, 2NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, 3AHRM Inc., Buffalo, NY, USA, 4AHRM Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA
Presentation Documents
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the costs and outcomes associated with the treatment of NASHA/Dx (Solesta®) for fecal incontinence (FI) compared with sacral nerve stimulation (InterStim®) and anal sphincteroplasty. METHODS: A five-year Markov model was developed to analyze the cost-utility associated with: 1) NASHA/Dx; 2) sacral nerve stimulation (SNS); and 3) anal sphincteroplasty (AS) after failure of conservative therapy. Costs and outcomes were based on the published literature and other public sources. Costs and QALYs were discounted at a rate of 3% annually. Probability sensitivity analyses were used to estimate the robustness of the base case and scenarios. The probability and utility variables were modeled as beta-distributions; costs were modeled as lognormal distributions. One-way sensitivity analyses were used to evaluate the impact of variations related to key cost variables. A willingness-to-pay (WTP) analysis was conducted for a threshold of twice the US GDP per capita; cost-effectiveness acceptability curves were constructed. ICERs less than the specified threshold are considered cost-effective. RESULTS: The base case Markov model yielded an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for NASHA/Dx vs. conservative therapy (CT) of $30,123 / QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Year). The ICER for SNS vs. CT was $51,187 / QALY; the ICER for AS vs. CT was $56,564 / QALY. A sensitivity analysis for the long-term effectiveness of NASHA/Dx resulted in an ICER of $40,327 for NASHA/Dx vs. CT. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis demonstrated that NASHA/Dx was cost-effective for 78% of the simulations at a threshold of $70,654 / QALY gained. CONCLUSIONS: For FI patients, NASHA/Dx has demonstrated cost-effectiveness. Due to higher acquisition costs, SNS and anal sphincteroplasty were associated with larger ICERs. Sensitivity analyses indicated NASHA/Dx was cost-effective under all scenarios modeled. WTP analyses demonstrated that NASHA/Dx was highly probable to be cost-effective in the US context.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2012-11, ISPOR Europe 2012, Berlin, Germany
Value in Health, Vol. 15, No. 7 (November 2012)
Code
PMD70
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Gastrointestinal Disorders