COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SECUKINUMAB COMPARED TO CURRENT TREATMENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS IN CANADA
Author(s)
Lee A1, Gregory V2, Gu Q3, Becker DL1, Barbeau M2
1Optum, Burlington, ON, Canada, 2Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Dorval, QC, Canada, 3Optum, Waltham, MA, USA
OBJECTIVES: To assess the cost-effectiveness of secukinumab versus current therapies for plaque psoriasis in adults from the Canadian healthcare perspective. METHODS: A Markov model was designed to determine the cost-effectiveness of secukinumab 300mg for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis over a 10-year horizon versus secukinumab 150mg, adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, ustekinumab (45mg or 90mg), and standard of care (oral systemics, topicals, and phototherapy, SoC). Year 1 of the model consisted of 4-week cycles with 4 Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) response level-based health-states (PASI ≥ 90, 75-89, 50-74, and < 50). Years 2-10 used annual cycles, with 3 health-states (PASI ≥ 75, PASI <75, and death). Decisions to switch to SoC were made at week 12 and 52, then annually. Efficacy data from a network meta-analysis informed first-year model transitions. Resource use, costs, and utilities were collected from clinical trials, published literature, expert opinion, and standard Canadian sources. RESULTS: The order of treatments by increasing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were: SoC, etanercept, adalimumab, ustekinumab 45mg, secukinumab 150mg, ustekinumab 90mg, secukinumab 300mg, and infliximab. The cost-effectiveness frontier showed etanercept was strongly dominated, while adalimumab, ustekinumab 45mg, secukinumab 150mg and ustekinumab 90mg were weakly dominated by secukinumab 300mg. The ICER for secukinumab 300mg versus SoC was $87,368/QALY gained. The ICER for infliximab versus secukinumab 300mg was $1,039,403/QALY gained. Deterministic sensitivity analyses indicated the results are most sensitive to time horizon, cost of biologics, and utility values. The probabilistic sensitivity analysis demonstrated that at a willingness-to-pay threshold of ~$90,000/QALY, secukinumab 300mg has the highest probability of being the cost-effective option. CONCLUSIONS: For adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, secukinumab 300mg was associated with increased QALYs at a lower incremental cost compared to etanercept, adalimumab, ustekinumab and secukinumab 150mg. For each QALY gained versus SoC, treatment with secukinumab costed an additional $87,368.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2015-05, ISPOR 2015, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 18, No. 3 (May 2015)
Code
PSS19
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
Disease
Sensory System Disorders