HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS OF LAMA/LABA COMBINATION PRODUCTS
Author(s)
Lindner L1, Ede J2, van Engen A3, Lai L4
1AstraZeneca, Barcelona, Spain, 2AstraZeneca, Cambridgeshire, UK, 3Quintiles Advisory Services, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, 4Quintiles Advisory Services, Reading, UK
OBJECTIVES: Growth in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) market in the past two years has been driven by the entry of LAMA/LABA fixed-dose combination products (LAMA/LABAs). The objective of this research was to analyse the assessments of LAMA/LABAs by national HTA agencies across the world. METHODS: Assessment reports and guidelines from 24 agencies (PBAC, KCE, CONITEC, CADTH, INESSS, MOHLTC, HAS, IQWIG, G-BA, ZIN, AHTAPol, AEMPS, AETSA, Avalia-T, AQuAS, OSTEBA, TLV, NICE, SMC, AWMSG, MTRAC, ICER, CTAF, BCBS-TEC) on LAMA/LABAs published between January 2011 and December 2015, were identified and reviewed. RESULTS: All four LAMA/LABAs assessed received similar recommendations from HTA agencies, apart from in Germany where formoterol/aclidinium and indacaterol/glycopyrronium received higher benefit ratings in some patient subgroups than vilanterol/umeclidinium and olodaterol/tiotropium. In terms of clinical evaluation, all four products showed statistically significant superiority in efficacy against the monotherapy of its components and tiotropium or placebo. All LAMA/LABAs were deemed to have comparable efficacy to each other and to the separately administered combinations. In terms of economic evaluation, LAMA/LABA combinations offered cost saving of about 25-40% to payers compared to the combination therapy using individual inhalers. Overall, the time from regulatory approval to final HTA decision was longer for products which were launched earlier. Indacaterol/glycopyrronium took an average of 7.5 months, while vilanterol/umeclidinium, formoterol/aclidinium and olodaterol/tiotropium took 5, 4 and 2.7 months respectively. The payer dossier review time for the four products were found to be similar. CONCLUSIONS: The analysis showed that the four LAMA/LABAs were equivalent with each other in terms of clinical efficacy and economic case. Products which were launched earlier took a longer time from regulatory approval to receiving HTA decisions.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-10, ISPOR Europe 2016, Vienna, Austria
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 7 (November 2016)
Code
PRS72
Topic
Health Technology Assessment
Topic Subcategory
Decision & Deliberative Processes
Disease
Respiratory-Related Disorders