tipranavir cost effective in treatment-experienced hiv

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Inpharma 1546 - 15 Jul 2006 Tipranavir cost effective in treatment-experienced HIV The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for ritonavir-boosted tipranavir falls within the acceptable range of $US50 000–$US100 000 for treatment- experienced patients with HIV infections, according to a study * presented at the 11th International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. They used a Markov model to assess the cost effectiveness of the ritonavir-boosted tipranavir using data from the 48-week RESIST 1 (n = 620) and 2 (n = 863) trials, in which the safety and efficacy of ritonavir-boosted tipranavir were compared with ritonavir-boosted comparator protease inhibitors (PI) in patents who had received at least two PI-based regimens and three classes of antiretrovirals; comparator PIs included amprenavir, fosamprenavir, lopinavir, indinavir or saquinavir. Costs ** were estimated in 2005 US dollars from the US payer perspective; costs and life expectancy were discounted at 3%. Over 5 years, the rate of AIDS-defining events decreased by 12.35% for patients receiving ritonavir- boosted tipranavir, which led to cost offsets of $US7086. Compared with comparator PI recipients, tipranavir recipients gained 7.7 quality-adjusted life months, at an additional cost of $US36 188. The ICER of ritonavir-boosted tipranavir versus ritonavir-boosted comparator PI was $US56 315 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained. ICER decreased to $US49 563 per QALY gained for patients who had not received enfuvirtide as an optimised background regimen. Sensitivity analyses showed that the ICER of ritonavir- boosted tipranavir was in the range of $US48 874–$US60 325 per QALY gained. * sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim ** Costs included drug prices and costs of patient monitoring and AIDS-defining events. Simpson KN, et al. Cost effectiveness of tipranavir in treatment-experienced HIV patients in the USA. Value in Health 9: 156 (plus poster) abstr. PIN10, No. 3, May-Jun 2006 801066770 1 Inpharma 15 Jul 2006 No. 1546 1173-8324/10/1546-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved

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Inpharma 1546 - 15 Jul 2006

Tipranavir cost effective intreatment-experienced HIV

The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) forritonavir-boosted tipranavir falls within the acceptablerange of $US50 000–$US100 000 for treatment-experienced patients with HIV infections, according to astudy* presented at the 11th International Meeting ofthe International Society for Pharmacoeconomics andOutcomes Research.

They used a Markov model to assess the costeffectiveness of the ritonavir-boosted tipranavir usingdata from the 48-week RESIST 1 (n = 620) and 2(n = 863) trials, in which the safety and efficacy ofritonavir-boosted tipranavir were compared withritonavir-boosted comparator protease inhibitors (PI) inpatents who had received at least two PI-based regimensand three classes of antiretrovirals; comparator PIsincluded amprenavir, fosamprenavir, lopinavir, indinaviror saquinavir. Costs** were estimated in 2005 US dollarsfrom the US payer perspective; costs and life expectancywere discounted at 3%.

Over 5 years, the rate of AIDS-defining eventsdecreased by 12.35% for patients receiving ritonavir-boosted tipranavir, which led to cost offsets of$US7086. Compared with comparator PI recipients,tipranavir recipients gained 7.7 quality-adjusted lifemonths, at an additional cost of $US36 188. The ICER ofritonavir-boosted tipranavir versus ritonavir-boostedcomparator PI was $US56 315 per quality-adjusted lifeyear (QALY) gained. ICER decreased to $US49 563 perQALY gained for patients who had not receivedenfuvirtide as an optimised background regimen.Sensitivity analyses showed that the ICER of ritonavir-boosted tipranavir was in the range of$US48 874–$US60 325 per QALY gained.* sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim** Costs included drug prices and costs of patient monitoring andAIDS-defining events.

Simpson KN, et al. Cost effectiveness of tipranavir in treatment-experienced HIVpatients in the USA. Value in Health 9: 156 (plus poster) abstr. PIN10, No. 3,May-Jun 2006 801066770

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Inpharma 15 Jul 2006 No. 15461173-8324/10/1546-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved