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Cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab in second-line advanced bladder cancer.

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472Background: Recently, immune-modulating drugs have been introduced to the second line setting of advanced bladder cancer. Pembrolizumab increases overall survival and is associated with less toxicity compared to chemotherapy in… Click to show full abstract

472Background: Recently, immune-modulating drugs have been introduced to the second line setting of advanced bladder cancer. Pembrolizumab increases overall survival and is associated with less toxicity compared to chemotherapy in this setting based on the Keynote-045 study. The high cost of immunotherapy necessitates an assessment of its value by considering both efficacy and cost. The objective of this study is to estimate the cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab for the second-line treatment of advanced bladder cancer from the perspective of payers in multiple countries. Methods: We developed a Markov model to compare the costs and effectiveness of pembrolizumab with those of chemotherapy in the second-line treatment of advanced bladder cancer. Health outcomes were measured in life-years (LYs) and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). Drug costs were acquired for the following countries: U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia. Model robustness was addressed in univariate and probabilistic sensitivity analyses....

Keywords: bladder cancer; cost; advanced bladder; second line

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2018

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