COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY VERSUS PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPIES IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ASTHMA IN MEXICO, COLOMBIA AND SPAIN
Author(s)
Figueroa-Lara A1, Aguirre-Perez T2, Tapetado-Rodriguez F3, Puente-Maestu L4, Fernando-Cifuentes L5, Cañas-Arboleda A6, Cangelosi MJ7
1Boston Scientific Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 2Instituto Mexicano de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico, 3Boston Scientific Ibérica, Madrid, Spain, 4Hospital Gregorio Marañon,, Madrid, Spain, 5Boston Scientific Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 6Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, 7Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA, USA
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of the bronchial thermoplasty (BT) in Mexico, Colombia and Spain, based on the number of asthmatic exacerbations avoided and using the best available scientific evidence. METHODS: We designed a Markov model to project a hypothetical cohort of adult patients with severe, persistent and uncontrolled asthma. We calculated the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of the BT and conventional pharmacological scheme (BT+CFE; fluticasone plus salmeterol) in comparison with omalizumab and CFE (OMAL+CFE). Alternatives were considered cost-effective when the ICER was equivalent or below the value of three gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (pp) per exacerbation avoided, and very cost-effective when the value was below the value of one GDP pp per exacerbation avoided. Parameters describing the consumption of health services were obtained from a local panel of experts, costs were based on local and official information, all costs are expressed as 2017 value of the United States dollars. Clinical parameters from meta-analysis, randomized clinical trials and indirect comparisons were leveraged. A time horizon of 5 years was used and sensitivity analyses were estimated with Monte Carlo simulations. The analysis leveraged TreeAge™ Software. RESULTS: Compared to CFE, in Mexico, we project BT+CFE has an ICER of $3,738 per avoided exacerbation; for Colombia, the ICER is $2,732; in Spain, an ICER of $3,060; all previous BT+CFE ICERs were classified as very cost-effective. In each of the three countries, we identified BT+CFE as the ‘dominant’ strategy compared to OMAL+CFE. CONCLUSIONS: In these three countries’ health care systems, BT is projected to provide a very cost-effective treatment, and estimated to likely be cost-saving compared to an alternative pharmacological treatment.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2018-05, ISPOR 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 21, S1 (May 2018)
Code
PMD51
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Respiratory-Related Disorders
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