Real-world outcomes of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir in treatment-naive patients with hepatitis C

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2016

Publication Title

The American journal of managed care

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) regimens have documented substantially reduced effectiveness in sustained virologic response (SVR) in the context of real-world clinical practice compared with clinical trials. Real-world and clinical trial SVR and cost-per-SVR data have not been reported for the all-oral, peginterferon-free and ribavirin (RBV)-free ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) regimen. Our objective was to compare the rates of SVR achievement and cost per SVR between pooled data from clinical studies of LDV/SOF and from real-world clinical practice.

METHODS: Data were derived from the Hepatitis C Therapeutic Registry and Research Network (HCV-TARGET), a real-world, multicenter, prospective, observational study; and from the TRIO Network, a retrospective database of HCV-treated patients. The 1-year cost per SVR was calculated as the total cost of an SVR ([cost of treatment regimen, adverse events, and monitoring costs] per SVR) during the first year of treatment.

RESULTS: After 12 weeks, the SVR rates obtained in real-world studies ranged from 94% to 98%, comparing favorably with the SVRs achieved in the ION-1 and ION-3 trials (94% and 95%-99% with 8 and 12 weeks of RBV-free therapy, respectively). A single SVR, on average, cost $84,989 among patients enrolled in the ION-3 trial, with higher costs ($101,204) among patients with compensated cirrhosis compared with noncirrhotic patients ($81,668). In the pooled TARGET/TRIO population, the average cost of an SVR was $84,770, with costs of $101,380 and $81,368 in patients with compensated cirrhosis and patients without cirrhosis, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Unlike the results obtained with prior HCV regimens, this study suggests that similar SVR rates are achieved with LDV/SOF in clinical trial-based studies and real-world studies. Further, achieving an SVR in real-world clinical practice was not associated with excess costs.

Medical Subject Headings

Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antiviral Agents; Benzimidazoles; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Fluorenes; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Prospective Studies; Registries; Sustained Virologic Response; United States; Uridine Monophosphate; Young Adult

PubMed ID

27266950

Volume

22

Issue

6 Spec No.

First Page

205

Last Page

211

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