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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Drugs Outcomes Research and Policies
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1476256
This article is part of the Research Topic Clinical Pharmacist Service Promotes the Improvement of Medical Quality Volume II View all 11 articles

Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and chemotherapy versus bevacizumab plus chemotherapy for metastatic cervical cancer : A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
  • 2 Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

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    Aim:The objective of this study is to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis in order to evaluate the economic advantages of incorporating atezolizumab into a standard bevacizumab plus platinum regimen for the treatment of metastatic cervical cancer from the Chinese medical system perspective. Method: We developed a partitioned survival model based on data obtained from the recently published BEATcc clinical trial and economic cost data. Our model utilized a tree-based decision analysis approach to simulate two different treatment strategies for metastatic cervical cancer: the standard bevacizumab plus platinum regimen, and the addition of atezolizumab to the standard treatment regimen. The economic assessment data included the costs of the drugs, costs related to treatment-induced adverse events. The cost-effectiveness metrics used in the analysis were quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). The robustness of our model was assessed through sensitivity analysis. Result:The total costs of the atezolizumab group were $128,179.56, while the costs of chemotherapy group were $42,065.89. The atezolizumab group gained 3.52 QALYs, whereas the chemotherapy group gained 2.35 QALY. The atezolizumab regimen resulted in an increase of 1.17 QALYs at an incremental cost of $86,113.67. This led to an ICER of $73,601.43, which exceeds the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $39,855.79 in China. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated none of the parameters within a margin of ±25% result in significant alterations to the analysis findings. Conclusion:Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and chemotherapy was not to be a cost-effective option for the treatment of metastatic cervical cancer compared to bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.

    Keywords: Key word:Partitioned survival model, cost-effectiveness analysis, atezolizumab, Bevacizumab plus chemotherapy, metastatic cervical cancer

    Received: 05 Aug 2024; Accepted: 11 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Cai, Fang, Lin and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Zhiwei Zheng, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

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