Morga, A., Latimer, N. R., Scott, M., Hawkins, N. , Schlichting, M. and Wang, J. (2023) Is intention to treat still the gold standard or should health technology assessment agencies embrace a broader estimands framework?: insights and perspectives from the national institute for health and care excellence and institut für qualität und wirtschaftlichkeit im gesundheitswesen on the international council for harmonisation of technical requirements for pharmaceuticals for human use E9 (R1) addendum. Value in Health, 26(2), pp. 234-242. (doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.08.008) (PMID:36150999)
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Abstract
Objectives: The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) E9 (R1) addendum will have an important impact on the design and analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials, which represent crucial sources of evidence in health technology assessments, and on the intention-to-treat (ITT) principle in particular. This article brings together a task force of health economists and statisticians in academic institutes and the pharmaceutical industry, to examine the implications of the addendum from the perspective of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG) and to address the question of whether the ITT principle should be considered the gold standard for estimating treatment effects. Methods: We review the ITT principle, as introduced in the ICH E9 guideline. We then present an overview of the ICH E9 (R1) addendum and its estimand framework, highlighting its premise and the proposed strategies for handling intercurrent events, and examine some cases among submissions to IQWiG and NICE. Results: IQWiG and NICE appear to have diverging perspectives around the relevance of the ITT principle and, in particular, the acceptance of hypothetical strategies for estimating treatment effects, as suggested by examples where the sponsor proposed an alternative approach to the ITT principle when accounting for treatment switching for interventional oncology trials. Conclusions: The ICH E9 (R1) addendum supports the use of methods that depart from the ITT principle. The relevance of estimands using these methods depends on the perspectives and objectives of payers. It is challenging to design a study that meets all stakeholders’ research questions. Different estimands may serve to answer different relevant questions or decision problems.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | intention-to-treat, estimands, ICH E9(R1) addendum, HTAs |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hawkins, Professor Neil |
| Authors: | Morga, A., Latimer, N. R., Scott, M., Hawkins, N., Schlichting, M., and Wang, J. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment |
| Journal Name: | Value in Health |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1098-3015 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1524-4733 |
| Published Online: | 21 September 2022 |
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