Real-world cost-effectiveness of first-line gemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel versus FOLFIRINOX in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Authors

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Vanessa Arciero

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Vanessa Arciero , Jin Luo , Ambika Parmar , Wei Fang Dai , Jaclyn M. Beca , Michael J. Raphael , Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai , Steven Habbous , Mina Tadrous , Craig Earle , Jim Biagi , Nicole Mittmann , Jessica Arias , Scott Gavura , Kelvin K. Chan

Organizations

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) Central, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada, Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre -Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada, HOPE Research Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Provincial Drug Reimbursement Programs, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

Other

Background: Currently, there are no direct randomized control trials (RCTs) comparing gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (Gem-Nab) and FOLFIRINOX for advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). Thus, previous model-based cost-effectiveness analyses were based on indirect comparisons of RCT data. While it is well known that RCT-based efficacy does not often translate to real-world effectiveness, there is limited literature investigating the comparative cost-effectiveness of Gem-Nab versus FOLFIRINOX for APC in the real-world. The objective of this study is to examine the real-world cost-effectiveness of Gem-Nab versus FOLFIRINOX in patients with APC in Ontario, Canada. Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study compared all patients treated with first-line Gem-Nab or FOLFIRINOX for APC with ECOG performance status 0-1 in Ontario from April 2015 to March 2019. Patients were linked to administrative databases to identify key characteristics and costing data. Using propensity scores and a stabilizing weights method, an inverse probability of treatment weighted cohort was developed. Mean survival and total costs were calculated over a 5-year time horizon, adjusted for censoring and discounted at 1.5% (per Canadian guidelines). Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and net monetary benefit were computed (measured in life-years and quality-adjusted life years) to estimate cost-effectiveness from the public healthcare payer’s perspective. A sensitivity analysis was conducted using the propensity score matching method. Results: 1,988 patients were identified (Gem-Nab: 928, FOLFIRINOX: 1,060). Mean survival was lower for patients in the Gem-Nab group than the FOLFIRINOX group (0.98 versus 1.26 life-years, incremental -0.28 (95% confidence interval -0.47, -0.13)). Patients in the Gem-Nab group also incurred greater mean 5-year total costs (Gem-Nab: $103,884, FOLFIRINOX: $101,518). Key cost contributors include ambulatory cancer care, acute in-patient hospitalization, and systemic therapy drug acquisition. Gem-Nab was dominated by FOLFIRINOX, as it is less effective and more costly. Results from the sensitivity analysis were similar. Conclusions: In routinely treated unselected patients, Gem-Nab is likely more costly and less effective than FOLFIRINOX and therefore, not considered cost-effective at any commonly accepted willingness-to-pay threshold.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Track

Pancreatic Cancer,Hepatobiliary Cancer,Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid,Small Bowel Cancer

Sub Track

Patient-Reported Outcomes and Real-World Evidence

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.4_suppl.529

Abstract #

529

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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