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Cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus pembrolizumab monotherapy in metastatic non-squamous and squamous NSCLC patients With PD-L1 expression ≥ 50%
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Liu, Q and Zhou, Z and Luo, X and Yi, L and Peng, L and Wan, X and Tan, C and Zeng, X, Cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus pembrolizumab monotherapy in metastatic non-squamous and squamous NSCLC patients With PD-L1 expression ≥ 50%, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12 Article 803626. ISSN 1663-9812 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.803626
Abstract
Objective To compare the cost-effectiveness of the combination of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy (Pembro+Chemo) versus pembrolizumab monotherapy (Pembro) as the first-line treatment for metastatic non-squamous and squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1expression ≥50%, respectively, from a US health care perspective.
Material and Methods A comprehensive Makrov model were designed to compare the health costs and outcomes associated with first-line Pembro+Chemo and first-line Pembro over a 20-years time horizon. Health states consisted of three main states: progression-free survival (PFS), progressive disease (PD) and death, among which the PFS health state was divided into two substates: PFS while receiving first-line therapy and PFS with discontinued first-line therapy. Two scenario analyses were performed to explore satisfactory long-term survival modeling.
Results In base case analysis, for non-squamous NSCLC patients, Pembro+Chemo was associated with a significantly longer life expectancy [3.24 vs 2.16 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs)] and a substantially greater healthcare cost ($341,237 vs $159,055) compared with Pembro, resulting in an ICER of $169,335/QALY; for squamous NSCLC patients, Pembro+Chemo was associated with a slightly extended life expectancy of 0.22 QALYs and a marginal incremental cost of $3,449 compared with Pembro, resulting in an ICER of $15,613/QALY. Our results were particularly sensitive to parameters that determine QALYs. The first scenario analysis yielded lower ICERs than our base case results. The second scenario analysis founded Pembro+Chemo was dominated by Pembro.
Conclusion For metastatic non-squamous NSCLC patients with PD-L1 expression ≥50%, first-line Pembro+Chemo was not cost-effective when compared with first-line Pembro. In contrast, for the squamous NSCLC patient population, our results supported the first-line Pembro+Chemo as a cost-effective treatment. Although there are multiple approaches that are used for extrapolating long-term survival, the optimal method has yet to be determined.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | NSCLC, PD-L1, cost-effectiveness, pembrolizumab, squamous, non-squamous |
Research Division: | Economics |
Research Group: | Applied economics |
Research Field: | Health economics |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Efficacy of medications |
UTAS Author: | Zhou, Z (Dr Zhen Zhou) |
ID Code: | 148441 |
Year Published: | 2022 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2022-01-10 |
Last Modified: | 2022-02-25 |
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