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ArticlePharmacoEconomics - open2022

Economic Model to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of Second-Line Nilotinib Versus Dasatinib for the Treatment of Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML-CP) in Italy.

Massimiliano Bonifacio, Vikalp Maheshwari, Diana Tran, Gianluca Agostoni, Kalitsa Filioussi, Ricardo Viana

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Article in PharmacoEconomics - open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Massimiliano BonifacioSection of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Vikalp MaheshwariNovartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India.
Diana TranEVERSANA Life Science Services, LLC, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-7554
Gianluca AgostoniRegion Europe Value and Access, Novartis Farma S.p.A, Origgio, Italy.
Kalitsa FilioussiRegion Europe Value and Access, Novartis Farma S.p.A, Origgio, Italy.
Ricardo VianaGlobal Value & Access, Oncology, Novartis Pharma AG, WSJ- Fabrikstrasse 18-3.330, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. ricardo.viana@novartis.com.
Novartis (Italy) · ITEVERSANA (Canada) · CANovartis (India) · INNovartis (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Verona · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of second-line nilotinib versus dasatinib for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML-CP) patients who are intolerant or resistant to imatinib and can transition to treatment-free remission (TFR).

methodsA partitioned survival model was developed to compare the cost effectiveness of nilotinib versus dasatinib. The model was developed from the Italian healthcare payer perspective and included the following health states: on second-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), off second-line TKI, accelerated phase/blastic crisis, TFR, and death. Progression-free and overall survival curves were derived from patient-level data that compared nilotinib and dasatinib as second-line therapy in CML-CP patients who were resistant or intolerant to imatinib. Drug costs, healthcare costs, and adverse event costs were based on real-world evidence and publicly available databases. Cost effectiveness was estimated over a 40-year time horizon. Scenario analyses were performed by adjusting time horizon, TFR parameters, costs, and utilities.

resultsSecond-line nilotinib resulted in greater time spent in TFR (0.91 life-years), increased quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) (1.89), increased life-years (2.16), and decreased per-patient costs (- 38,760 €). Therefore, nilotinib was strongly dominant compared with dasatinib in the base-case analysis. Nilotinib remained strongly dominant in most scenario analyses including shorter time horizon, exclusion of TFR, and varying TKI drug costs.

conclusionsWhile the model showed that nilotinib treatment of imatinib-intolerant or resistant CML-CP patients was more effective and less costly than dasatinib treatment, there is considerable uncertainty in the findings.

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PMID34297312
PMCPMC8807738
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