BioPharmaceuticals Market Access and Pricing, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD.
BioPharmaceuticals Global Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD.
J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2023 Nov;29(11):1193-1204. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2023.23034. Epub 2023 Oct 5.
Clinical trials and real-world evidence (RWE) studies of biologics have demonstrated reduced exacerbations, decreased use of oral corticosteroids (OCS), and improvements in daily symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA). To compare direct health care costs associated with biologic use for the treatment of SEA from a US third-party payer perspective. We developed a cost-minimization model to compare costs and cost offsets associated with 3 biologics-benralizumab, mepolizumab, and dupilumab-for 2- and 4-year periods. The model relied on longitudinal data from clinical trials to inform the primary (base case) analysis cost comparison and RWE study data, in a separate scenario, to compare costs in nonclinical trial settings. Primary model outcomes included exacerbations (including hospitalizations), OCS-dependent years (including associated complications), and total direct health care biologic costs. Results were calculated at the per patient and population level (per 1,000 patients). Sensitivity analyses with key model parameters were performed. Benralizumab had the lowest total biologic costs per patient for both the 2- and 4-year periods. Over 4 years, the marginal cost difference in total biologic costs per patient was $23,061 lower for benralizumab vs mepolizumab and $17,242 lower for benralizumab vs dupilumab. The 4-year population level analysis of benralizumab vs mepolizumab revealed $4.8 million in marginal cost offsets due to 582 fewer exacerbations and 153 fewer OCS-dependent years and a marginal total cost savings of $27.9 million per 1,000 patients for benralizumab. The 4-year population level analysis of benralizumab vs dupilumab revealed $2.3 million in marginal cost offsets due to 291 fewer exacerbations and 64 fewer OCS-dependent years and marginal total cost savings of $19.5 million per 1,000 patients for benralizumab. RWE data were available for a 2-year cost comparison scenario of benralizumab vs mepolizumab, which showed similar results to the base case analysis. Sensitivity analyses varying assumptions on key model parameter estimates confirmed results, with benralizumab having lower total direct health care costs in all scenarios tested, and showed that model results were most sensitive to changes in biologic costs and exacerbation reduction rates. Patients receiving benralizumab had higher nonbiologic cost offsets because of reductions in exacerbations and OCS-dependent years, leading to greater cost savings for third-party payers compared with patients receiving mepolizumab or dupilumab. Taken together with biologic costs, benralizumab presents greater savings in health care costs for payers than patients with SEA who use mepolizumab or dupilumab. This study was funded by AstraZeneca (Cambridge, UK). Drs Xu, Chung, Genofre, and Katial are or were AstraZeneca employees at the time this research was conducted and may be shareholders of AstraZeneca. Ms Schaefer and Dr Szende are employees of Labcorp Drug Development, which received funding from AstraZeneca to perform this research.
从美国第三方支付者的角度来看,比较生物制剂治疗重度嗜酸性粒细胞性哮喘(SEA)的直接医疗成本。我们开发了一个成本最小化模型,以比较三种生物制剂(贝那鲁肽、美泊利珠单抗和度匹鲁单抗)在 2 年和 4 年期间的成本和成本抵消。该模型依赖于临床试验的纵向数据来为主要(基础案例)分析成本比较和 RWE 研究数据提供信息,并在另一个场景中,比较非临床试验环境中的成本。主要模型结果包括恶化(包括住院)、OCS 依赖年限(包括相关并发症)和总直接医疗生物制剂成本。结果按患者个体和人群水平(每 1000 名患者)计算。对关键模型参数进行了敏感性分析。贝那鲁肽在 2 年和 4 年期间的每位患者的总生物制剂成本最低。在 4 年内,与美泊利珠单抗相比,贝那鲁肽每位患者的总生物制剂成本差异减少了 23061 美元,与度匹鲁单抗相比减少了 17242 美元。与美泊利珠单抗相比,贝那鲁单抗在人群水平上的 4 年分析显示,由于恶化减少了 582 次,OCS 依赖年限减少了 153 次,节省了 480 万美元的边际总成本,每 1000 名患者节省了 2790 万美元。与度匹鲁单抗相比,贝那鲁单抗在人群水平上的 4 年分析显示,由于恶化减少了 291 次,OCS 依赖年限减少了 64 次,节省了 2300 万美元的边际总成本,每 1000 名患者节省了 1950 万美元。贝那鲁肽与美泊利珠单抗的 2 年成本比较方案有 RWE 数据,结果与基础案例分析相似。对关键模型参数估计的假设进行敏感性分析证实了结果,贝那鲁肽在所有测试的情况下都具有较低的总直接医疗保健成本,并且表明模型结果对生物制剂成本和恶化减少率的变化最为敏感。接受贝那鲁肽治疗的患者因恶化和 OCS 依赖年限减少而获得更高的非生物制剂成本抵消,与接受美泊利珠单抗或度匹鲁单抗治疗的患者相比,为第三方支付者节省了更多的成本。将生物制剂成本考虑在内,贝那鲁肽为支付者带来了比使用美泊利珠单抗或度匹鲁单抗的 SEA 患者更大的医疗保健成本节约。本研究由阿斯利康(英国剑桥)资助。徐博士、钟博士、杰诺弗雷博士和卡蒂亚尔博士在进行这项研究时是阿斯利康的员工,并且可能是阿斯利康的股东。谢弗女士和斯赞德博士是 Labcorp Drug Development 的员工,该公司从阿斯利康获得资金进行这项研究。
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