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- Nielsen, Rune, et al.
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Cost effectiveness of adding budesonide/formoterol to tiotropium in COPD in four Nordic countries
- 2013
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Ingår i: Respiratory Medicine. - : Elsevier BV. - 0954-6111 .- 1532-3064. ; 107:11, s. 1709-1721
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Assess the cost effectiveness of budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FORM) Turbuhaler(®)+tiotropium (TIO) HandiHaler(®) vs. placebo (PBO)+TIO in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) eligible for inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting β2-agonists (ICS/LABA).METHODS: The cost-effectiveness analysis was based on the 12-week, randomised, double-blind CLIMB trial. The study included 659 patients with pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s ≤ 50% and ≥1 exacerbation requiring systemic glucocorticosteroids or antibiotics the preceding year. Patients received BUD/FORM 320/9 μg bid + TIO 18 μg qd or PBO bid + TIO 18 μg qd. Effectiveness was defined as the number of severe exacerbations (hospitalisation/emergency room visit/systemic glucocorticosteroids) avoided. A sub-analysis included antibiotics in the definition of an exacerbation. Resource use from CLIMB was combined with Danish (DKK), Finnish (€), Norwegian (NOK) and Swedish (SEK) unit costs (2010). The incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) for BUD/FORM + TIO vs. PBO + TIO were estimated using descriptive statistics and uncertainty around estimates using bootstrapping. Analyses were conducted from the societal and healthcare perspectives in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.RESULTS: From a societal perspective, the ICER was estimated at €174/severe exacerbation avoided in Finland while BUD/FORM + TIO was dominant in the other countries. From the healthcare perspective, ICERs were DKK 1580 (€212), €307 and SEK 1573 (€165) per severe exacerbation avoided for Denmark, Finland and Sweden, respectively, while BUD/FORM + TIO was dominant in Norway. Including antibiotics decreased ICERs by 8-15%. Sensitivity analyses showed that results were overall robust.CONCLUSION: BUD/FORM + TIO represents a clinical and economic benefit to health systems and society for the treatment of COPD in the Nordic countries. (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00496470).
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- Nielsen, Rune, et al.
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Cost-effectiveness of adding budesonide/formoterol to tiotropium in severe COPD patients in four Nordic countries
- 2012
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Ingår i: European Respiratory Journal. ; 40:Suppl 56
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of budesonide/formoterol (B/F)+tiotropium (TIO) versus placebo (PBO)+TIO for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients eligible for inhaled corticosteroid/ long-acting β2-agonist from societal and healthcare perspectives in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.Method: The cost-effectiveness analysis was based on the 12-week, randomised, double-blind CLIMB trial (NCT00496470) of 659 COPD patients with pre-bronchodilator FEV1 ≤50%, and at least one severe exacerbation (hospitalisation, emergency room visit or systemic glucocorticosteroids) the preceding year. Subjects were treated with B/F 320/9µg bid+TIO 18µg qd or PBO bid+TIO 18µg qd. Effectiveness was defined as the number of exacerbations avoided. A sub-analysis included antibiotics in the definition of an exacerbation. Resource use from the trial was combined with 2010 Danish (DKK), Finnish (€), Norwegian (NOK) and Swedish (SEK) unit costs. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) were estimated by bootstrapping.Results: From a societal perspective, the ICER was estimated at €174 per exacerbation avoided (pEA) in Finland while B/F+TIO was dominant in the other countries. From a healthcare perspective, B/F+TIO was dominant in Norway and the ICERs were estimated at DKK 1,580 (€212), €307, SEK 1,573 (€165) pEA for Denmark, Finland and Sweden, respectively. Including antibiotics decreased ICERs by 8-15%. Sensitivity analyses showed that results were overall robust.Conclusion: The results indicate that B/F+TIO represents a clinical and economic benefit to health systems and society for the treatment of COPD in the Nordic countries.
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