Simões Correa Galendi Julia, Rasch Hannes, Caramori Carlos Antonio, Gaiolla Rafael Dezen, Müller Dirk, Nogueira Vania Santos Nunes
Department of Internal Medicine, São Paulo State University/UNESP, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Institute of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2025 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s40258-025-00968-7.
OBJECTIVES: The objective was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of caplacizumab for the treatment of patients with acquired immune thrombocytopenic thrombotic purpura (iTTP) compared to standard of care from the perspective of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: A decision tree followed by a Markov model with a lifetime horizon was developed. Patients entered the model with an acute iTTP event. All patients were assumed to be admitted to hospital where they either respond to treatment or die. The model offered three health states: remission, relapse or death. Input data were obtained from literature searches with the data on efficacy of caplacizumab based on the HERCULES trial. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was compared to the willingness-to-pay threshold for rare diseases of Brazilian reais (R$)120,000/quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). In addition to various sensitivity analyses, a value of information (VOI) analysis was conducted. RESULTS: In the base case, caplacizumab resulted in 0.70 QALYs gained, and cost R$1,333,601 more, with an ICER of R$1,901,729/QALY. The cost of the caplacizumab vial was the most influential parameter. Probabilistic analysis showed that caplacizumab was not cost effective in any iterations for the threshold of the rare disease. The expected value of perfect information per year is R$0. CONCLUSION: Although caplacizumab results in incremental QALYs, based on the proposed cost, caplacizumab is not cost effective from the SUS perspective, and VOI results indicate that further research would not be worthwhile.
目的:从巴西统一卫生系统(SUS)的角度,评估卡泊单抗与标准治疗相比治疗获得性免疫性血小板减少性紫癜(iTTP)患者的成本效益。 方法:建立了一个决策树,随后是一个终身视野的马尔可夫模型。患者以急性iTTP事件进入模型。所有患者均假定入院,在院期间他们要么对治疗有反应,要么死亡。该模型提供三种健康状态:缓解、复发或死亡。输入数据通过文献检索获得,基于HERCULES试验的卡泊单抗疗效数据。将增量成本效益比(ICER)与巴西雷亚尔(R$)120,000/质量调整生命年(QALY)的罕见病支付意愿阈值进行比较。除了各种敏感性分析外,还进行了信息价值(VOI)分析。 结果:在基础病例中,卡泊单抗使获得的QALY为0.70,成本高出1,333,601雷亚尔,ICER为1,901,729雷亚尔/QALY。卡泊单抗小瓶的成本是最有影响的参数。概率分析表明,对于罕见病阈值,卡泊单抗在任何迭代中均不具有成本效益。每年完美信息的预期价值为0雷亚尔。 结论:尽管卡泊单抗可带来增量QALY,但基于提议的成本,从SUS的角度来看,卡泊单抗不具有成本效益,VOI结果表明进一步研究不值得。
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