YOU Jun,XIN Wenxiu,HE Chaoneng,et al.Cost-utility analysis of switching to gemcitabine maintenance therapy for malignant mesothelioma patients after first-line chemotherapy[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(07):843-847.
YOU Jun,XIN Wenxiu,HE Chaoneng,et al.Cost-utility analysis of switching to gemcitabine maintenance therapy for malignant mesothelioma patients after first-line chemotherapy[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(07):843-847. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2025.07.13.
Cost-utility analysis of switching to gemcitabine maintenance therapy for malignant mesothelioma patients after first-line chemotherapy
To evaluate the cost-utility of switching to gemcitabine maintenance therapy for patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma after first-line chemotherapy from the perspective of China’s healthcare system.
METHODS
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A partitioned survival model was constructed based on data from the NVALT19 trial, with a cycle length of 21 days, a time horizon of 10 years, and a discount rate of 5%. Key model outputs included total costs, quality-adjusted life year (QALY), incremental costs, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), etc. Cost-utility analysis was conducted to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of gemcitabine maintenance therapy (gemcitabine group) plan versus best supportive care (supportive care group) plan for the patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma after first-line chemotherapy. Sensitivity analyses were performed.
RESULTS
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Compared with the supportive care group plan, the gemcitabine group plan had an ICER of 54 860.50 yuan/QALY, which was significantly lower than the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold (3 times China’s 2023 per capita gross domestic product, 268 077 yuan/QALY), indicating that gemcitabine group plan was cost-effective. One-way sensitivity analysis revealed that end-of-life care costs and adverse event management costs in the gemcitabine group had the greatest impact on ICER. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis showed gemcitabine group plan was 100% cost-effective when WTP exceeded 270 000 yuan/QALY.
CONCLUSIONS
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From the perspective of China’s healthcare system, switching to gemcitabine maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy is cost-effective for unresectable malignant mesothelioma.
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