Cost-effectiveness analysis of later-line therapies for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) based on a novel methodology of network meta-analysis (NMA) of survival curves.

Authors

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Mavis Obeng-Kusi

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Mavis Obeng-Kusi , Denise Roe , Brian L Erstad , Ivo Abraham

Organizations

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, Tucson, AZ

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: With advances in the management of mCRC, survival outcomes of patients have improved. While some patients still progress after first and second lines of treatment, there remain options for third or later-line treatment. This study aimed to determine the cost-effectiveness of later-line (>3) treatments for patients with mCRC in the US, based on a NMA of survival curves. Unlike conventional NMA using constant hazard ratios, this method is not constrained by the proportional hazard assumption and uses parametric fitting that incorporates the shape and scale parameters to provide time-varying treatment effects. Methods: The NMA compared the efficacy of 6 treatments, atezolizumab+/-cobimetinib (ATE+/-COB), fruquintinib (FRU), regorafenib (REG), TAS-102+/-bevacizumab (TAS+/-BEV), including biosimilar, to placebo (PBO). The study used a 3-state partitioned survival model over a 5-year time horizon incorporating drug acquisition, administration, adverse events, monitoring, and end of life costs, and utilities sourced from literature. Total costs, life-years (LY) and quality-adjusted LYs (QALY) for each treatment were determined. Incremental cost-effectiveness (ICER) and incremental cost-utility ratios (ICUR) were estimated using PBO as a common comparator. Results: Over the 5-year period and across the 6 therapies, survival ranged from 0.62 LYs for PBO to 1.15 LYs for TAS+BEV, translating to QALYs ranging from 0.44 for PBO to 0.85 for TAS+BEV. Total costs of treatment ranged from 278,877 for PBO to 417,495 for TAS+BEV (405,002 with biosimilar). TAS+BEV yielded the lowest ICER of an additional 261,421 (237,860 with biosimilar)/LY gained (g) and ICUR of an additional 343,458 (312,504 with biosimilar)/QALYg; while ATE presented the least favorable ICER and ICUR of an additional $522,602/LYg and $701,381/QALYg, respectively (Table). Conclusions: Among the 6 treatments evaluated, TAS+BEV emerged as the most cost-effective later-line treatment for mCRC while atezolizumab was the least cost-effective. Additionally, replacing BEV with a biosimilar reduces costs and enhances cost-effectiveness, improving access for patients.

Base case cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses.

RegimenLYQALYCost ($)ICERICUR
PBO0.620.44278,877ReferenceReference
ATE0.690.50316,170522,602701,381
ATE+COB0.790.57342,976369,374507,025
FRU0.840.62355,796352,422437,455
REG0.850.61353,604325,797439,791
TAS0.810.58334,000290,850387,582
TAS+BEV1.150.85417,495261,421343,458
TAS+BEV_biosimilar1.150.85405,002237,860312,504

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Colorectal and Anal

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Colorectal and Anal

Sub Track

Colorectal Cancer–Advanced Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 3605)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.3605

Abstract #

3605

Poster Bd #

305

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