HU Dongxue,ZHENG Ying,GAO Qian,et al.Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of penpulimab in first-line treatment of advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(11):1364-1369.
HU Dongxue,ZHENG Ying,GAO Qian,et al.Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of penpulimab in first-line treatment of advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(11):1364-1369. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2025.11.13.
Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of penpulimab in first-line treatment of advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer
To estimate the cost-effectiveness of penpulimab combined with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in first-line treatment of advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (sq-NSCLC).
METHODS
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From the perspective of Chinese health system, cost-utility analysis was used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of penpulimab combined with chemotherapy(paclitaxel + carboplatin) versus chemotherapy (paclitaxel + carboplatin) in first-line treatment of sq-NSCLC. A three-health states Markov model was constructed with R packages, and clinical data used in the model were derived from the AK105-302 clinical trial. Costs and utilities were collected from the open-access database and published literature. The quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) was used as the utility index, and the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold was set at three times China’s per capita GDP in 2024, equivalent to 287 247 yuan/QALY. The cost-effectiveness of the schemes was evaluated by comparing the incremental cost-utility ratios (ICER) of the two schemes with the WTP threshold. One-way sensitivity analysis and probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) were used to verify the stability of the basic analysis results.
RESULTS
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Compared with chemotherapy, penpulimab combined with chemotherapy increased 0.73 QALY with an incremental cost of 150 681.93 yuan, and the ICER was 206 413.60 yuan/QALY. One-way sensitivity analysis showed that the utility of progression-free survival was the most sensitive factor on ICERs. At the WTP threshold of 3 times China’s per capita GDP, the economic probability of this scheme was 98.80%. At the WTP threshold of 1 times China’s per capita GDP, the probability of ICER being cost-effective was less than 0.01%.
CONCLUSIONS
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For patients with advanced sq-NSCLC, penpulimab combined with chemotherapy is a cost-effective first-line treatment option when WTP threshold is 3 times China’s per capita GDP.
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