UPDATED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FESOTERODINE RELATIVE TO TOLTERODINE AND SOLIFENACIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVERACTIVE BLADDER- THE SWEDISH PERSPECTIVE
Author(s)
Lee R1, Snedecor SJ2, Kvasz MG3, Trocio J4, Borgman B51Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA, 2Pharmerit North America, LLC, Bethesda, MD, USA, 3Pfizer, Paris, France, 4Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, USA, 5Pfizer Sweden, Sollentuna,
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the cost-effectiveness of overactive bladder (OAB) treatment with fesoterodine (FESO) relative to extended release tolterodine (TER) and solifenancin (SOL) in Sweden based on recently-available data. METHODS: A 52-week decision-tree model was developed using data from four 12-week, randomized clinical trials and published literature. Patients who did not achieve resolution of urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) at week 4 were titrated to higher doses in the FESO and SOL model arms. TER is only available in one dose and all patients therefore remained on TER at week 4 regardless of UUI resolution. The published decrease in UUI episodes was used to estimate the proportion of UUI resolution with SOL. Trial discontinuation data were fit to a Weibull survival model and extrapolated to 52 weeks. Changes in health-related quality of life were assessed using Overactive Bladder Questionnaire data from two of the trials and were transformed into preference-based utility values. Regression analysis determinedthe association between trial utilities and micturition/UUI episodes in order to estimate values for SOL. Medical costs included antimuscarinic drugs, physician visits, laboratory tests, incontinence pads and costs of OAB- or incontinence-related comorbidities. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis was used to determine the impact of uncertainty in the model inputs on its outcomes. RESULTS: 19.5%, 18.0%, and 16.3% of patients receiving FESO, TER, and SOL, remained on treatment and were continent after 52 weeks. The respective quality-adjusted life years associated with FESO, TER, and SOL, were 0.762, 0.756 and 0.752; overall costs were kr16,752, kr16,849, and kr17,047, indicating that FESO is a lower-cost and more effective treatment option than TER and SOL. Sensitivity analysis confirmed the superiority of FESO in over 80% of model simulations. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest FESO has lower costs and higher efficacy and thus dominates both TER and SOL in treating OAB with UUI in Sweden.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2011-05, ISPOR 2011, Baltimore, MD, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 14, No. 3 (May 2011)
Code
PUK11
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Urinary/Kidney Disorders