Cost-effectiveness of ribociclib for premenopausal or perimenopausal women with HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer: a Brazilian public health care system perspective
Cost-effectiveness of ribociclib for premenopausal or perimenopausal women with HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer: a Brazilian public health care system perspective
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2022
Autores
Rosa, Daniela Dornelles
Magliano, Carlos Alberto da Silva
Simon, Sergio D.
Amorim, Gilberto
Reinert, Tomás
Landeiro, Luciana
Gagliato, Débora de Melo
Exman, Pedro
Argolo, Daniel
Guilgen, Gisah
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Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Resumo
Introduction: The MONALEESA-7 trial compared ribociclib plus endocrine therapy (ET) with
placebo as first-line treatment of advanced luminal/HER2-negative breast cancer (ABC) in
premenopausal and perimenopausal women (age <50years) and showed significant benefits
to progression-free survival and overall survival. This study aimed to compare the cost-
effectiveness of ribociclib+ET versus ET alone in patients with ABC from the perspective of
the Brazilian public national health system.
Methods: We calculated the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) using a Markov model
with progression-free survival, post-progression survival, and death states. We expressed
ICER as incremental costs per progression-free life-year (PFLY) and quality-adjusted life-
year (QALY) gained in a 10-year time horizon. We used parametric survival distributions fit
to MONALEESA-7 data to generate survival distributions for progression-free and post-
progression survival. The largest British preference study in breast cancer served as the
basis to estimate health-state utilities. We estimated direct costs (ABC treatment, follow-up,
monitoring, and adverse events) using Brazilian-specific values from public sources. An expert
consensus panel determined the resource patterns required. We applied annual discounts of
5% to costs and QALYs.
Results: Ribociclib+ET resulted in an incremental gain of 1.03 PFLYs and 0.80 QALYs at
a cost of $37,319.31. The ICER of ribociclib+ET versus ET was $36,379.41per PFLY gained
and $46,590.79per QALY gained. In deterministic sensitivity analysis, results were primarily
affected by the annual discount rate, followed by the cost of ribociclib. In probabilistic
sensitivity analysis, simulations agreed with the base-case.
Conclusion: Ribociclib increased PFLYs and QALYs in patients with HR+/HER2− ABC when
added to ET. Because Brazil does not have a formally defined cost-effectiveness threshold,
other domains need to be considered for incorporation decisions, such as disease burden and
humanistic impact on this young, economically active population. These findings may be useful
in discussions for incorporation of ribociclib into the Brazilian public health system.
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breast cancer, CDK inhibitors, cost-effectiveness, overall survival, ribociclib
Citação
Rosa DD, Magliano CADS, Simon SD, Amorim G, Reinert T, Landeiro L, Gagliato DM, Exman P, Argolo D, Guilgen G, Mano M, Testa L, Liedke P, Barroso R, Sasse M, Buehler AM. Cost-effectiveness of ribociclib for premenopausal or perimenopausal women with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer: a Brazilian public health care system perspective. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2022 Jun 20;14:17588359221100865. doi: 10.1177/17588359221100865.