Cost-effective analysis of the use of EGFR inhibitors (E) for wild-type (WT) KRAS unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Authors

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Maria C. Riesco Martinez

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Maria C. Riesco Martinez , Scott R. Berry , Yoo-Joung Ko , Nicole Mittmann , Kelly Lien , Shazia Hassan , Angie Giotis , Kelvin K. Chan

Organizations

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, HOPE Research Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: Patients (pts) with unresectable WT KRAS mCRC benefit from fluoropyrimidines (FP), oxaliplatin (O), irinotecan (I), bevacizumab (Bev) and E. The most cost-effective strategy to combine them remains unclear. Methods: A Markov model was constructed for a hypothetical cohort of pts with mCRC to examine the costs and outcomes of 3 treatment strategies: (A): 1st line (1L) Bev+FP+O/I, 2nd line (2L) FP+I/O, 3rd line (3L) E, (B): 1L Bev+FP+O/I, 2L FP+I/O, 3L E+I, and (C): 1L E+FP+O/I, 2L Bev+FP+I/O, 3L best supportive care (BSC). Efficacy and probability data of the treatments were obtained from clinical trials identified through a systematic review of the literature. Resource utilization data were derived from a chart review of 65 consecutive pts treated at Odette Cancer Centre (OCC) since 2009 and from the literature. Utilities were obtained by surveying oncologists (n= 24) across Canada using EQ-5D. Costs were obtained from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long/Term Care, Ontario Case Costing Initiative, OCC and the literature. The analysis was conducted from the Canadian public healthcare system perspective over a 5 year time horizon with a 5% discount in 2012 Canadian dollars (CAD$) for cost and outcome. Incremental cost-effectiveness analyses were conducted comparing costs and outcomes of the 3 strategies. One way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (SA) were conducted (n=10,000). Results: All 3 strategies appeared to be of relatively similar efficacy clinically, but C is more expensive than A or B by >45% (see Table). The model is primarily driven by the acquisition cost of drugs. B is most cost-effective when the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold >$120,000/QALY. SA showed that C would be cost-effective only when the progression-free survival of E is better than Bev in 1L with hazard ratio <0.24 at WTP of $150,000/QALY. Conclusions: 1L use of E followed by 2L Bev in mCRC is not cost-effective at the current pricing of E relative to Bev.

A
1L:Bev+FP+O/I
2L:FP+I/O
3L:E
B
1L:Bev+FP+O/I
2L:FP+I/O
3L:E+I
C
1L:E+FP+O/I
2L:Bev+FP+I/O
3L: BSC
Life expectancy (years) 2.17 2.27 2.25
QALY 1.40 1.46 1.43
Cost (CAD$) 128,715 136,222 197,007
ICER (CAD$/QALY) Base line 121,080 1,845,729

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2013 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Health Services Research

Track

Health Services Research

Sub Track

Cost

Citation

J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl; abstr 6552)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.6552

Abstract #

6552

Poster Bd #

12H

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