Cost-Effectiveness of Sacubitril-Valsartan in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

BACKGROUND: Sacubitril-valsartan therapy reduces cardiovascular mortality compared with enalapril therapy in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of sacubitril-valsartan versus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in patients with chronic heart failure.

DESIGN: Markov decision model.

DATA SOURCES: Clinical trials, observational analyses, reimbursement data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, drug pricing databases, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention life tables.

TARGET POPULATION: Patients at an average age of 64 years, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to IV heart failure, and left ventricular ejection fraction of 0.40 or less.

TIME HORIZON: Lifetime.

PERSPECTIVE: Societal.

INTERVENTION: Treatment with sacubitril-valsartan or lisinopril.

OUTCOME MEASURES: Life-years, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), costs, heart failure hospitalizations, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios.

RESULTS OF BASE-CASE ANALYSIS: The sacubitril-valsartan group experienced 0.08 fewer heart failure hospitalization, 0.69 additional life-year, 0.62 additional QALY, and $29 203 in incremental costs, equating to a cost per QALY gained of $47 053. The cost per QALY gained was $44 531 in patients with NYHA class II heart failure and $58 194 in those with class III or IV heart failure.

RESULTS OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS: Sacubitril-valsartan treatment was most sensitive to the duration of improved outcomes, with a cost per QALY gained of $120 623 if the duration was limited to the length of the trial (median, 27 months). No variations in other parameters caused the cost to exceed $100 000 per QALY gained.

LIMITATION: The benefit of sacubitril-valsartan is based on a single clinical trial.

CONCLUSION: Treatment with sacubitril-valsartan provides reasonable value in reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with NYHA class II to IV heart failure.

PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Ann Intern Med. 2016 Nov 15;165(10 ):735-736. - PMID 27571568

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:165

Enthalten in:

Annals of internal medicine - 165(2016), 10 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 681-689

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sandhu, Alexander T [VerfasserIn]
Ollendorf, Daniel A [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Richard H [VerfasserIn]
Pearson, Steven D [VerfasserIn]
Heidenreich, Paul A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80M03YXJ7I
Aminobutyrates
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Biphenyl Compounds
Drug Combinations
E7199S1YWR
Journal Article
Lisinopril
Sacubitril and valsartan sodium hydrate drug combination
Tetrazoles
Valsartan
WB8FT61183

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Date Completed 27.04.2017

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ann Intern Med. 2016 Nov 15;165(10 ):735-736. - PMID 27571568

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7326/M16-0057

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