March 2012
Volume 53, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   March 2012
Bevacizumab vs. Ranibizumab: Cost-effectiveness Analysis Accounting for Treatment-Related Complications
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Chukwuemeka C. Nwanze
    Lab of computer science, MGH, Lab of Computer Science, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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    Commercial Relationships  Chukwuemeka C. Nwanze, None
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    Support  Newman's Own, REI, NIH training grant
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science March 2012, Vol.53, 1415. doi:
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      Chukwuemeka C. Nwanze; Bevacizumab vs. Ranibizumab: Cost-effectiveness Analysis Accounting for Treatment-Related Complications. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2012;53(14):1415.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of monthly and as-needed dosing protocols using ranibizumab or bevacizumab for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), when the treatment costs of severe ocular and systemic adverse events are considered.

Methods: : A Markov model was developed to assess the cost effectiveness of each of the following protocols: monthly ranibizumab, monthly bevacizumab, as-needed ranibizumab and as-needed bevacizumab. Direct costs and utilities were assessed from the perspective of a third-party payer or an insurance company. Cost effectiveness was evaluated in 2011 US dollars per quality-adjusted life year (QALY).

Results: : Considering the treatment costs of severe medical and ocular adverse events, the cost effectiveness of each protocol is as follows: monthly ranibizumab $63,333 /QALY, ranibizumab as needed $18,571/QALY, bevacizumab monthly $2,676/QALY and bevacizumab as needed $3,333/QALY. Sensitivity analysis of the treatment costs of medical and ocular adverse events demonstrated minimal impact on relative cost-effectiveness.

Conclusions: : At current prices, monthly bevacizumab is the most cost-effective anti-VEGF AMD treatment protocol. Ranibizumab is as cost effective as bevacizumab at a maximum price of $158 per dose.

Keywords: clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: health care delivery/economics/manpower • clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: outcomes/complications 
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