Cost-effectiveness of interferon α or peginterferon α, with ribavirin for histologically mild chronic hepatitis C
Grieve, Richard, Roberts, Jennifer, Wright, Mark, Sweeting, Michael, DeAngelis, Daniela, Rosenberg, William, Bassendine, Margaret, Main, Janice and Thomas, Howard (2006) Cost-effectiveness of interferon α or peginterferon α, with ribavirin for histologically mild chronic hepatitis C. Gut, 55, (9), 1332-1338. (doi:10.1136/gut.2005.064774).
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Description/Abstract
Background: For patients with mild chronic hepatitis C the cost-effectiveness of antiviral therapy is unknown.
Aims: To assess whether anti-viral therapy (either interferon α or peginterferon α combined with ribavirin) is cost-effective at a mild stage compared to waiting and only treating those cases whoprogress to moderate disease.
Patients: Cases with mild chronic hepatitis C.
Methods: A cost-effectiveness model estimates long-term costs and outcomes for patients with mild chronic hepatitis C. The model uses effectiveness and cost data from the UK mild hepatitis C RCT, combined with estimates of disease progression and cost from observational studies.
Results: Antiviral treatment at a mild rather than a moderate stage improved outcomes measured by Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) gained. The mean cost per QALY gained from
antiviral treatment with interferon α−2b and ribavirin, compared to no treatment at a mild stage, was £4,535 ($7,108) for patients with genotype non-1 and £25,188 ($39,480) for patients with
genotype 1. Providing peginterferon α−2b and ribavirin at a mild rather than a moderate stage was also associated with a gain in QALYs; the costs per QALY gained were £7,821 ($12,259)
for patients with genotype non-1 and £28,409 ($44,528) for patients with genotype 1.
Conclusions: For patients with chronic hepatitis C, it is generally more cost-effective to provide antiviral treatment at a mild rather than a moderate disease stage. For older patients (aged 65 or over) with genotype 1, antiviral treatment at a mild stage is not cost-effective.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0017-5749 (print) |
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| Keywords: | cost-effectiveness model, cost analysis, antiviral therapy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Infection, Inflammation and Repair |
| Item ID: | 27074 |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:46 |
| Contributors: | Grieve, Richard (Author) Roberts, Jennifer (Author) Wright, Mark (Author) Sweeting, Michael (Author) DeAngelis, Daniela (Author) Rosenberg, William (Author) Bassendine, Margaret (Author) Main, Janice (Author) Thomas, Howard (Author) |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | wmr@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27074 |
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