Cost-Utility Analysis of Total Ankle Replacement Compared with Ankle Arthrodesis for Patients Aged 50-85 Years with End-Stage Ankle Osteoarthritis : The TARVA Study

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BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis suffer from reduced mobility and quality of life and the main surgical treatments are total ankle replacement (TAR) and ankle fusion (AF).

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to calculate the mean incremental cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) of TAR compared with AF in patients with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis, over 52 weeks and over the patients' lifetime.

METHOD: We conducted a cost-utility analysis of 282 participants from 17 UK centres recruited to a randomised controlled trial (TARVA). QALYs were calculated using index values from EQ-5D-5L. Resource use information was collected from case report forms and self-completed questionnaires. Primary analysis was within-trial analysis from the National Health Service (NHS) and Personal Social Services (PSS) perspective, while secondary analyses were within-trial analysis from wider perspective and long-term economic modelling. Adjustments were made for baseline resource use and index values.

RESULTS: Total cost at 52 weeks was higher in the TAR group compared with the AF group, from the NHS and PSS perspective (mean adjusted difference £2539, 95% confidence interval [CI] £1142, £3897). The difference became very small from the wider perspective (£155, 95% CI -  £1947, £2331). There was no significant difference between TAR and AF in terms of QALYs (mean adjusted difference 0.02, 95% CI -  0.015, 0.05) at 52 weeks post-operation. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was £131,999 per QALY gained 52 weeks post-operation. Long-term economic modelling resulted in an ICER of £4200 per QALY gained, and there is a 69% probability of TAR being cost effective at a cost-effectiveness threshold of £20,000 per QALY gained.

CONCLUSION: TAR does not appear to be cost effective over AF 52 weeks post-operation. A decision model suggests that TAR can be cost effective over the patients' lifetime but there is a need for longer-term prospectively collected data. Clinical trial registration ISRCTN60672307 and ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02128555.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

PharmacoEconomics - open - 8(2024), 2 vom: 06. Feb., Seite 235-249

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Goldberg, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Bordea, Ekaterina [VerfasserIn]
Chowdhury, Kashfia [VerfasserIn]
Hauptmannova, Iva [VerfasserIn]
Blackstone, James [VerfasserIn]
Brooking, Deirdre [VerfasserIn]
Deane, Elizabeth L [VerfasserIn]
Bendall, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Bing, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Blundell, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Dhar, Sunil [VerfasserIn]
Molloy, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Milner, Steve [VerfasserIn]
Karski, Mike [VerfasserIn]
Hepple, Steve [VerfasserIn]
Siddique, Malik [VerfasserIn]
Loveday, David T [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Viren [VerfasserIn]
Cooke, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Halliwell, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Townshend, David [VerfasserIn]
Skene, Simon S [VerfasserIn]
Doré, Caroline J [VerfasserIn]
TARVA Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Rick [Sonstige Person]
Butler, Michael [Sonstige Person]
Chadwick, Carolyn [Sonstige Person]
Clough, Tim [Sonstige Person]
Cullen, Nick [Sonstige Person]
Davies, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Davies, Howard [Sonstige Person]
Doré, Caroline [Sonstige Person]
Goldberg, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Harries, Bill [Sonstige Person]
Hill, Simon [Sonstige Person]
Khoo, Michael [Sonstige Person]
Loveday, David T [Sonstige Person]
Makwana, Nilesh [Sonstige Person]
Marquis, Chris [Sonstige Person]
Murty, An [Sonstige Person]
Najefi, Ali [Sonstige Person]
O'Donnell, Paul [Sonstige Person]
Raglan, Martin [Sonstige Person]
Ramaskandhan, Jayasree [Sonstige Person]
Rogers, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Sakellariou, Anthony [Sonstige Person]
Skene, Simon [Sonstige Person]
Smith, George [Sonstige Person]
Smith, Robert [Sonstige Person]
Solan, Matt [Sonstige Person]
Thomas, Rhys [Sonstige Person]
Torres, Paulo [Sonstige Person]
Welck, Matthew [Sonstige Person]
Winson, Ian [Sonstige Person]
Zaidi, Razi [Sonstige Person]

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Date Revised 25.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02128555

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s41669-023-00449-4

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NLM366804960