Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Curta Inc., Seattle, WA.
J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2024 Jun;30(6):581-587. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2024.30.6.581.
BACKGROUND: Larotrectinib is approved for patients with advanced gene fusion-positive solid tumors. Prior studies demonstrated promising results with larotrectinib compared with other systemic therapy. However, comparisons to checkpoint inhibitors, such as nivolumab or pembrolizumab, have not been done. OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare expected life-years (LYs) and quality-adjusted LYs (QALYs) for patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) eligible for larotrectinib vs patients with unknown gene fusion status on nivolumab or pembrolizumab. We also assessed patients with metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), as pembrolizumab may be considered in certain circumstances. METHODS: We developed partitioned survival models to project long-term comparative effectiveness of larotrectinib vs nivolumab or pembrolizumab. Larotrectinib survival data were derived from an updated July 2021 analysis of 21 adult patients (≥18 years of age) with metastatic gene fusion-positive NSCLC and 21 with DTC. Survival inputs for nivolumab and pembrolizumab were obtained from published articles. Progression-free and overall survival were estimated using survival distributions (Exponential, Weibull, Log-logistic, and Log-normal). Exponential fits were chosen based on goodness-of-fit and clinical plausibility. RESULTS: In NSCLC, larotrectinib resulted in gains of 5.87 and 5.91 LYs compared to nivolumab and pembrolizumab, respectively, which translated to gains of 3.53 and 3.56 QALYs. In DTC, larotrectinib resulted in a gain of 5.23 LYs and 4.24 QALYs compared to pembrolizumab. CONCLUSIONS: In metastatic NSCLC and DTC, larotrectinib may produce substantial life expectancy and QALY gains compared to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Additional data with longer follow-up will further inform this comparison.
背景:拉罗替尼被批准用于治疗晚期基因融合阳性实体瘤患者。先前的研究表明,与其他系统疗法相比,拉罗替尼具有良好的效果。然而,尚未将其与检查点抑制剂(如纳武利尤单抗或帕博利珠单抗)进行比较。
目的:评估和比较有资格使用拉罗替尼的非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者与纳武利尤单抗或帕博利珠单抗治疗中基因融合状态未知的患者的预期寿命(LY)和质量调整寿命(QALY)。我们还评估了转移性分化型甲状腺癌(DTC)患者的情况,因为在某些情况下可能会考虑使用帕博利珠单抗。
方法:我们开发了分区生存模型,以预测拉罗替尼与纳武利尤单抗或帕博利珠单抗的长期比较疗效。拉罗替尼的生存数据来源于 2021 年 7 月对 21 例转移性基因融合阳性 NSCLC 患者和 21 例 DTC 患者的更新分析。纳武利尤单抗和帕博利珠单抗的生存输入来自已发表的文章。使用生存分布(指数、威布尔、对数逻辑和对数正态)来估计无进展生存期和总生存期。根据拟合优度和临床合理性,选择指数拟合。
结果:在 NSCLC 中,与纳武利尤单抗和帕博利珠单抗相比,拉罗替尼分别导致 LY 增加 5.87 和 5.91,这分别转化为 QALY 增加 3.53 和 3.56。在 DTC 中,与帕博利珠单抗相比,拉罗替尼导致 LY 增加 5.23 和 QALY 增加 4.24。
结论:在转移性 NSCLC 和 DTC 中,与免疫检查点抑制剂相比,拉罗替尼可能会显著延长患者的预期寿命和 QALY。更长随访时间的额外数据将进一步证实这一比较。
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