Budget Impact analysis of the first-line treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) adult patients
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https://doi.org/10.7175/fe.v18i1.1318Keywords:
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors, Chronic myeloid leukemia, Budget Impact Model, Treatment-free remissionAbstract
Background: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have dramatically improved survival in chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (CML‐CP), with a high percentage of patients reaching a major molecular response (MMR). Recently, several clinical trials demonstrated that some patients with CML-CP who achieve a sustained MMR on tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy can safely discontinue their therapy and attempt treatment-free remission (TFR).Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical and economic impact of TFR in naïve patients with CML-CP who start treatment with nilotinib, imatinib or dasatinib as first-line therapy, from the perspective of the Italian National Health Service (NHS).
Methods: An Excel-based budget impact model was developed, in order to estimate the costs of the patients in first-line pharmacological treatment with CML. A specific Markov model was built, to simulate seven years of treatment with different TKIs. A systematic literature review was carried out, to identify the epidemiological and economic data, which were subsequently used to inform the model. The model considers two scenarios: 1) a Standard of Care (SoC) scenario, with the current estimated distribution of patients over the various TKI treatment, versus 2) an innovative scenario, characterized by an increase in the use of nilotinib (+28%) and generic imatinib (+35%) and a decrease in the use of dasatinib (-17%). A one-way deterministic sensitivity analysis was performed, in order to consider the variability of the results as a function of the main parameters considered in the model.
Results: The model estimated that 775 patients with CML-CP could be treated with a TKI as first-line drug. The innovative scenario could increase TFR patients by approximately 60% and reduce the costs by more than € 30 million over 7 years. The increase in the use of nilotinib and the generic imatinib would generate a significant expenditure reduction.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the economic effects of discontinuing TKIs in CML-CP patients. The increase in the use of nilotinib and the generic imatinib could generate an increase in the number of patients who achieve TFR, as well as an actual cost reduction.
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