Cost-effectiveness of one month of daily isoniazid and rifapentine versus three months of weekly isoniazid and rifapentine for prevention of tuberculosis among people receiving antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

© 2020 The Authors. Journal of the International AIDS Society published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the International AIDS Society..

INTRODUCTION: Preventive therapy is essential for reducing tuberculosis (TB) burden among people living with HIV (PLWH) in high-burden settings. Short-course preventive therapy regimens, such as three-month weekly rifapentine and isoniazid (3HP) and one-month daily rifapentine and isoniazid (1HP), may help facilitate uptake of preventive therapy for latently infected patients, but the comparative cost-effectiveness of these regimens under different conditions is uncertain.

METHODS: We used a Markov state-transition model to estimate the incremental costs and effectiveness of 1HP versus 3HP in a simulated cohort of patients attending an HIV clinic in Uganda, as an example of a low-income, high-burden setting in which TB preventive therapy might be prescribed to PLWH. Our primary outcome was the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, expressed as 2019 US dollars per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted. We estimated cost-effectiveness under different conditions of treatment completion and efficacy of 1HP versus 3HP, latent TB prevalence and rifapentine price.

RESULTS: Assuming equivalent clinical outcomes using 1HP and 3HP and a rifapentine price of $0.21 per 150 mg, 1HP would cost an additional $4.66 per patient treated. Assuming equivalent efficacy but 20% higher completion with 1HP versus 3HP, 1HP would cost $1,221 per DALY averted relative to 3HP. This could be reduced to $18 per DALY averted if 1HP had 5% greater efficacy than 3HP and the price of rifapentine were 50% lower. At a rifapentine price of $0.06 per 150 mg, 1HP would become cost-neutral relative to 3HP.

CONCLUSIONS: 1HP has the potential to be cost-effective under many realistic circumstances. Cost-effectiveness depends on rifapentine price, relative completion and efficacy, prevalence of latent TB and local willingness-to-pay.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Journal of the International AIDS Society - 23(2020), 10 vom: 09. Okt., Seite e25623

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ferguson, Olivia [VerfasserIn]
Jo, Youngji [VerfasserIn]
Pennington, Jeff [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Karl [VerfasserIn]
Chaisson, Richard E [VerfasserIn]
Churchyard, Gavin [VerfasserIn]
Dowdy, David [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-HIV Agents
Antitubercular Agents
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Isoniazid
Journal Article
Preventive therapy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rifampin
Rifapentine
Short-course treatment
Tuberculosis
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Date Completed 08.04.2021

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jia2.25623

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NLM316429422