Briggs, A.H., Glick, H.A., Lozano-Ortega, G., Spencer, M., Calverley, P.M.A., Jones, P.W. and Vestbo, J. (2010) Is treatment with ICS and LABA cost-effective for COPD? Multinational economic analysis of the TORCH study. European Respiratory Journal, 35(3), pp. 532-539. (doi: 10.1183/09031936.00153108)
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Abstract
TORCH was a 3 year multi-centre trial of 6112 patients randomized to: salmeterol (SAL), fluticasone propionate (FP), the FP+SAL combination (SFC), or placebo (PL). Here we assess the cost-effectiveness of treatments evaluated in the TORCH study. Three year all-cause hospitalization, medication, and outpatient care costs were calculated for four regions. The sample was restricted to the 21 countries (n=4237) for which EQ-5D data were collected to estimate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Regression models were fitted to survival, study medication cost, other medication cost and EQ-5D data to estimate total cost, QALYs and cost-per-QALY adjusted for missing data and region. SFC had a trial-wide estimate of $43,600 cost per QALY compared with PL (95% CI: 21,400 to 123,500). Estimates for SAL vs. PL ($197,000) and FP vs. PL ($78,000) were less favorable. The US estimates were greater than other regions: for SFC vs. PL the cost-per QALY was $77,100 (46,200 to 241,700) compared to $24,200 (15,200 to 56,100) in Western Europe. Compared with PL, SFC has a lower incremental cost-effectiveness ratio than either FP or SAL used alone and is therefore preferred to these monotherapies on the grounds of cost-effectiveness.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Briggs, Professor Andrew |
| Authors: | Briggs, A.H., Glick, H.A., Lozano-Ortega, G., Spencer, M., Calverley, P.M.A., Jones, P.W., and Vestbo, J. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Centre for Population and Health Sciences |
| Journal Name: | European Respiratory Journal |
| ISSN: | 0903-1936 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1399-3003 |
| Published Online: | 28 August 2009 |
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