Retracing our path towards Mother Nature: A cost-effective green therapy for the ameliorative of recalcitrant Triple negative Breast Cancer - A brief report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunal Pal
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Mother Nature

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness of adding atezolizumab to first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 175883592091600
Author(s):  
Bin Wu ◽  
Fei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Quality Adjusted Life Year ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Therapy Cost ◽  
Paclitaxel Treatment

Background: The effectiveness of atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel for advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has been demonstrated. We aimed to evaluate its cost-effectiveness on advanced TNBC from the US payer perspective. Methods: A Markov model was adopted to project the disease course of newly diagnosed advanced TNBC. The clinical data were gathered from the IMpassion130 trial. Cost and health preference data were derived from the literature. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was measured, and one-way sensitivity analysis and probabilistic sensitivity analysis were performed for exploring the model uncertainties. Results: Our results demonstrated that atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel augmented versus nab-paclitaxel therapy cost $104,278 and $149,465 and yielded an additional 0.371 and 0.762 of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) in in all patients with unknown PD-L1 status and subpopulation with PD-L1-positive, respectively, which led to an ICER of $281,448 and $196,073 per QALY gained. In all patients with unknown PD-L1 status, atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel treatment guiding by PD-L1 expression testing resulted in an ICER of $183,508 per QALY gained. Atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel could maintain a trend of positive incremental net health benefits and >50% probabilities of cost-effectiveness at the threshold of $200,000/QALY in more than half of subgroups with PD-L1-positive. One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses revealed the results were most sensitive to the hazard ratios (HRs) of overall survival (OS) of atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel versus nab-paclitaxel treatment. Conclusion: The atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel treatment is likely to be a cost-effective option compared with chemotherapy based on nab-paclitaxel for the patients with PD-L1-positive advanced TNBC.

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness analysis of atezolizumab in advanced triple-negative breast cancer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Cheng Phua ◽  
Soo Chin Lee ◽  
Kwong Ng ◽  
Mohamed Ismail Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Combination Therapy ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Scenario Analyses ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background The IMpassion130 trial demonstrated that adding atezolizumab to nanoparticle albumin-bound (nab)-paclitaxel improved the survival of patients with untreated, advanced, programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1)-positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In view of the high cost of immunotherapy, it is important to examine its value with respect to both benefits and costs. In this study, the cost-effectiveness of atezolizumab/nab-paclitaxel combination therapy relative to nab-paclitaxel monotherapy was evaluated for the first-line treatment of advanced, PDL1-positive TNBC, from a healthcare system perspective. Methods A three-state partitioned-survival model was developed to compare the clinical and economic outcomes of treatment with atezolizumab/nab-paclitaxel combination therapy with nab-paclitaxel monotherapy in patients with advanced TNBC. Clinical data were obtained from the IMpassion130 trial and extrapolated to 5 years. Health state utilities were retrieved from the literature, while direct costs were sourced from public healthcare institutions in Singapore. The primary outcomes of the model were life years (LYs), quality-adjusted LYs (QALYs), costs and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses and scenario analyses were conducted to explore the impact of specific assumptions and uncertainties. Results Adding atezolizumab to nab-paclitaxel resulted in an additional 0.361 QALYs (0.636 LYs) at an ICER of S$324,550 per QALY gained. The ICER remained high at $67,092 per QALY even when atezolizumab was priced zero. One-way sensitivity analysis showed that the ICER was most sensitive to variations in the cost of atezolizumab and the time horizon. Scenario analyses confirmed that the combination therapy was unlikely to be cost-effective even under extremely favourable assumptions. Conclusions Given the exceedingly high ICER, adding atezolizumab to nab-paclitaxel was unlikely to represent a cost-effective use of healthcare resources for the treatment of advanced PDL1-positive TNBC. Our findings will be useful in informing funding policy decisions alongside other considerations such as comparative effectiveness, unmet need and budget impact.

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness analysis of atezolizumab in advanced triple-negative breast cancer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Cheng Phua ◽  
Soo Chin Lee ◽  
Kwong Ng ◽  
Mohamed Ismail Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Combination Therapy ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Scenario Analyses ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background The IMpassion130 trial demonstrated that adding atezolizumab to nanoparticle albumin-bound (nab)-paclitaxel improved the survival of patients with untreated, advanced, programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1)-positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In view of the high cost of immunotherapy, it is important to examine its value with respect to both benefits and costs. In this study, the cost-effectiveness of atezolizumab/nab-paclitaxel combination therapy relative to nab-paclitaxel monotherapy was evaluated for the first-line treatment of advanced, PDL1-positive TNBC, from a healthcare system perspective. Methods A three-state partitioned-survival model was developed to compare the clinical and economic outcomes of treatment with atezolizumab/nab-paclitaxel combination therapy with nab-paclitaxel monotherapy in patients with advanced TNBC. Clinical data were obtained from the IMpassion130 trial and extrapolated to 5 years. Health state utilities were retrieved from the literature, while direct costs were sourced from public healthcare institutions in Singapore. The primary outcomes of the model were life years (LYs), quality-adjusted LYs (QALYs), costs and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses and scenario analyses were conducted to explore the impact of specific assumptions and uncertainties. Results Adding atezolizumab to nab-paclitaxel resulted in an additional 0.361 QALYs (0.636 LYs) at an ICER of S$324,550 per QALY gained. The ICER remained high at $67,092 per QALY even when atezolizumab was priced zero. One-way sensitivity analysis showed that the ICER was most sensitive to variations in the cost of atezolizumab and the time horizon. Scenario analyses confirmed that the combination therapy was unlikely to be cost-effective even under extremely favourable assumptions. Conclusions Given the exceedingly high ICER, adding atezolizumab to nab-paclitaxel was unlikely to represent a cost-effective use of healthcare resources for the treatment of advanced PDL1-positive TNBC. Our findings will be useful in informing funding policy decisions alongside other considerations such as comparative effectiveness, unmet need and budget impact.

scholarly journals Economic Evaluation of Sacituzumab Govitecan for the Treatment of Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in China and the US

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jigang Chen ◽  
Mingyang Han ◽  
Aihua Liu ◽  
Bo Shi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Markov Model ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Single Agent ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Cost Effective Treatment ◽  
The Us

BackgroundThe effectiveness of Sacituzumab Govitecan (SG) for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) has been demonstrated. We aimed to evaluate its cost-effectiveness on mTNBC from the Chinese and United States (US) perspective.MethodsA partitioned survival model was developed to compare the cost and effectiveness of SG versus single-agent chemotherapy based on clinical data from the ASCENT phase 3 randomized trial. Cost and utility data were obtained from the literature. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was measured, and one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA) were performed to observe model stability. A Markov model was constructed to validate the results.ResultsIn China, SG yielded an additional 0.35 quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) at an additional cost of Chinese Renminbi ¥2257842. The ICER was ¥6375856 ($924037)/QALY. In the US, SG yielded the same additional QALY at an extra cost of $175393 and the ICER was $494479/QALY. Similar results were obtained from the Markov model. One-way sensitivity analyses showed that SG price had the greatest impact on the ICER. PSA showed the probability of SG to be cost-effective when compared with chemotherapy was zero at the current willing-to-pay threshold of ¥217341/QALY and $150000/QALY in China and the US, respectively. The probability of cost-effectiveness of SG would approximate 50% if its price was reduced to ¥10.44/mg in China and $3.65/mg in the US.ConclusionSG is unlikely to be a cost-effective treatment of mTNBC at the current price both in China and the US.

Cost-effectiveness of combined atezolizumab/nab-paclitaxel for advanced triple-negative breast cancer.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19388-e19388
Author(s):  
Mia A Salans ◽  
Daniel R Cherry ◽  
Anthony T Yip ◽  
Patrick T Courtney ◽  
Abhishek Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Stable Disease ◽  
Progressive Disease ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Cost Curve ◽  
The Cost

e19388 Background: The IMpassion 130 trial found prolonged progression-free and overall survival among PD-L1-positive, advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients receiving atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel versus nab-paclitaxel alone. These results were the basis of the first FDA approval of a breast cancer immunotherapeutic agent. With the high cost of combined therapy we present a cost-effectiveness analysis of the addition of atezolizumab to nab-paclitaxel for the treatment of advanced TNBC in PD-L1-positive patients. Methods: We constructed a Markov model to simulate cancer progression, survival, and toxicity in advanced TNBC patients receiving atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel compared to nab-paclitaxel alone. Transition probabilities were derived from the IMpassion 130 trial, while costs (in 2019 US dollars) and health utilities were estimated from the literature. Cost effectiveness was assessed with incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs), expressed as dollar per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), with values of less than $100,000/QALY considered cost effective. We conducted one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses to examine model uncertainty. Results: Our base-case model found that treatment with atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel increased overall cost by $120,800 and improved effectiveness by 0.11 QALYs compared with nab-paclitaxel alone, leading to an ICER of $1,101,000/QALY. The base-case model was not sensitive to any single variable. Women in the combined atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel arm spent more time with stable disease before progression and with progressive disease before death compared to those treated with nab-paclitaxel alone. In our base-case analysis the addition of atezolizumab was not cost effective at any price of atezolizumab secondary to the high costs of stable and progressive disease. If we assumed lower costs of stable disease and progression, our model became sensitive to the cost of atezolizumab. A probabilistic sensitivity analysis found that adding atezolizumab would be cost ineffective 99.9% of the time at a willingness-to-pay of $100,000/QALY. Conclusions: Despite improved clinical outcomes, the addition of atezolizumab would not be considered cost effective in part due to the high costs of stable disease and disease progression among women with advanced TNBC. Novel therapeutics in this costly patient cohort will need to bend the cost curve of stable and progressive disease before becoming cost effective at thresholds acceptable by today’s standards.

Identification of new therapeutic leads for triple negative breast cancer subtypes

Planta Medica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Robles ◽  
L Du ◽  
S Cai ◽  
RH Cichewicz ◽  
SL Mooberry
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative Breast Cancer ◽  
Triple Negative ◽  
Breast Cancer Subtypes ◽  
Cancer Subtypes ◽  
Therapeutic Leads
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