COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF DABRAFENIB/TRAMETINIB COMBINATION (D+T) FOR BRAFV600 MUTATION-POSITIVE METASTATIC MELANOMA (MM) FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) PERSPECTIVE
Author(s)
Delea TE1, Amdahl J1, Wang A1, Amonkar M2, Smith HW3, Balaratnam S3, Stapelkamp C4
1Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Brookline, MA, USA, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USA, 3GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK, 4GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, UK
OBJECTIVES: Estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of D+T versus vemurafenib and dacarbazine for BRAFV600mutation-positive MM from the UK NHS perspective. METHODS: A partitioned-survival model with 3 states (progression-free survival [PFS], post-progression survival, and death) and a lifetime horizon was developed. Treatment benefits were measured as gains in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). PFS and overall survival (OS) were derived from indirect treatment comparisons (ITCs) of D+T (from the Phase II BRF113220 study) versus vemurafenib (BRIM-3) and dacarbazine (BREAK-3). Latest OS data were adjusted for confounding effects of treatment switching, permitted upon progression in all studies. Safety data were from aforementioned trials. Costs were from the literature, a physician survey, and assumptions. Costs of medications to the NHS (incorporating available patient-access schemes), post-study anticancer therapy, routine and adverse event (AE) management, treatment initiation, and death were included. Utility data for D+T were derived from BREAK-3, with adjustment for differences in response and incidence of AEs. Deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed. RESULTS: ITCs showed D+T significantly improved PFS versus vemurafenib (hazard ratio [HR] 0.38; 95% CI, 0.19–0.74) and dacarbazine (0.14; 0.08–0.28) and suggested improved OS, although not statistically significant (0.42; 0.09–1.97 versus vemurafenib and 0.26; 0.05–1.27 versus dacarbazine). Treatment with D+T was associated with a gain in QALYs versus vemurafenib and dacarbazine. The ICER for D+T was £50,603/QALY versus vemurafenib and £49,804/QALY versus dacarbazine. CONCLUSIONS: Based on results of a Phase II trial and an ITC, D+T offers improved PFS and OS versus vemurafenib and dacarbazine. Further, considering NICE’s criteria for life-extending, end-of-life treatments, D+T may be cost-effective compared with vemurafenib, the NHS’s current standard of care for patients with BRAFV600 mutation-positive MM, although conclusions must await ongoing modelling on the basis of the Phase III, COMBI-D trial.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-05, ISPOR 2014, Palais des Congres de Montreal
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 3 (May 2014)
Code
PCN119
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Oncology