Cost-Effectiveness of Nadofaragene Firadenovec and Pembrolizumab in Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy Unresponsive Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

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OBJECTIVES: Nadofaragene firadenovec is a gene therapy for bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) undergoing Food and Drug Administration review. Pembrolizumab is approved for treating patients with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with carcinoma in situ (CIS). We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of these treatments compared with a hypothetical therapeutic alternative, at a willingness-to-pay threshold of $150 000 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained, in CIS and non-CIS BCG-unresponsive NMIBC populations.

METHODS: We developed a Markov cohort simulation model with a 3-month cycle length and lifetime horizon to estimate the total costs, QALYs, and cost per additional QALY from the health sector perspective. Clinical inputs were informed by results of single-arm clinical trials evaluating the treatments, and systematic literature reviews were conducted to obtain other model inputs. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to assess uncertainty in model results.

RESULTS: Nadofaragene firadenovec, at a placeholder price 10% higher than the price of pembrolizumab, had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $263 000 and $145 000 per QALY gained in CIS and non-CIS populations, respectively. Pembrolizumab had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $168 000 per QALY gained for CIS. A 5.4% reduction in pembrolizumab's price would make it cost-effective. The model was sensitive to many inputs, especially to the probabilities of disease progression, initial treatment response and durability, and drug price.

CONCLUSIONS: The cost-effectiveness of nadofaragene firadenovec will depend upon its price. Pembrolizumab, although not cost-effective in our base-case analysis, is an important alternative in this population with an unmet medical need. Comparative trials of these treatments are warranted to better estimate cost-effectiveness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - 26(2023), 6 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 823-832

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Joshi, Mrinmayee [VerfasserIn]
Atlas, Steven J [VerfasserIn]
Beinfeld, Molly [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Richard H [VerfasserIn]
Rind, David M [VerfasserIn]
Pearson, Steven D [VerfasserIn]
Touchette, Daniel R [VerfasserIn]

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Antineoplastic Agents
BCG Vaccine
Bladder cancer
Cost-effectiveness
DPT0O3T46P
Journal Article
Markov model
Nadofaragene firadenovec
Pembrolizumab
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 05.06.2023

Date Revised 20.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jval.2022.12.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35041257X