Abstract
Objectives
To investigate the cost-effectiveness of adalimumab in combination with methotrexate, compared with methotrexate alone, for the management of uveitis associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA-U).
Design
A cost-utility analysis based on a clinical trial and decision analytic model.
Participants
Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years with persistently active JIA-U, despite optimized methotrexate treatment for at least 12 weeks.
Methods
The SYCAMORE trial [ISRCTN10065623] of methotrexate (up to 25mg per week) with or without fortnightly administered adalimumab (20mg or 40mg, according to body weight) provided data on resource use (based on patient self-report and electronic records) and health utilities (from the Health Utilities Index questionnaire). Surgical event rates and long-term outcomes were based on data from a 10-year longitudinal cohort. A Markov model was used to extrapolate the effects of treatment based on visual impairment.
Main outcome measures
Medical costs to the National Health Service in the UK, utility of defined health states, quality-adjusted life years (QALY), and incremental cost per QALY.
Results
Adalimumab in combination with methotrexate resulted in additional costs of £39,316 with a 0.30 QALY gain compared with methotrexate alone, resulting in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £129,025 per QALY gained. The probability of cost-effectiveness at a threshold of £30,000 per QALY was less than 1%. Based on a threshold analysis, a price reduction of 84% would be necessary for adalimumab to be cost-effective.
Conclusions
Adalimumab is clinically effective in JIA-U, however its cost-effectiveness is not demonstrated compared with methotrexate alone in the UK setting.
To investigate the cost-effectiveness of adalimumab in combination with methotrexate, compared with methotrexate alone, for the management of uveitis associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA-U).
Design
A cost-utility analysis based on a clinical trial and decision analytic model.
Participants
Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years with persistently active JIA-U, despite optimized methotrexate treatment for at least 12 weeks.
Methods
The SYCAMORE trial [ISRCTN10065623] of methotrexate (up to 25mg per week) with or without fortnightly administered adalimumab (20mg or 40mg, according to body weight) provided data on resource use (based on patient self-report and electronic records) and health utilities (from the Health Utilities Index questionnaire). Surgical event rates and long-term outcomes were based on data from a 10-year longitudinal cohort. A Markov model was used to extrapolate the effects of treatment based on visual impairment.
Main outcome measures
Medical costs to the National Health Service in the UK, utility of defined health states, quality-adjusted life years (QALY), and incremental cost per QALY.
Results
Adalimumab in combination with methotrexate resulted in additional costs of £39,316 with a 0.30 QALY gain compared with methotrexate alone, resulting in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £129,025 per QALY gained. The probability of cost-effectiveness at a threshold of £30,000 per QALY was less than 1%. Based on a threshold analysis, a price reduction of 84% would be necessary for adalimumab to be cost-effective.
Conclusions
Adalimumab is clinically effective in JIA-U, however its cost-effectiveness is not demonstrated compared with methotrexate alone in the UK setting.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Ophthalmology |
| Early online date | 16 Oct 2018 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 16 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- Anti-TNF
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- uveitis
- cost-effectiveness
- economic evaluation