Outcomes and costs of treating hepatitis C patients in the era of first generation protease inhibitors – results from the PAN study

  • 1. Objective: Chronic hepatitis C virus infections (HCV) cause a significant public health burden. Introduction of telaprevir (TVR) and boceprevir (BOC) has increased sustained virologic response rates (SVR) in genotype 1 patients but were accompanied by higher treatment costs and more side effects. Aim of the study was to assess outcomes and costs of treating HCV with TVR or BOC in routine care. 2. Material and Methods: Data was obtained from a non-interventional study. This analysis relates on a subset of 1,786 patients for whom resource utilisation was documented. Sociodemografic and clinical parameters as well as resource utilisation were collected using a web-based data recording system. Costs were calculated using official remuneration schemes. 3. Results: Mean age of patients was 49.2 years, 58.6% were male. In treatment-naive patients SVR-rates of 62.2% and 55.7% for TVR and BOC were observed (prior relapser: 68.5% for TVR and 63.5% for BOC; prior nonresponder: 45.6% for TVR and 39.1% for BOC). Treatment costs are dominated by costs for pharmaceuticals and range between €39,081 and €53,491. We calculated average costs per SVR of €81,347 (TVR) and €70,163 (BOC) in treatment-naive patients (prior relapser: 78,089 €/SVR for TVR and 82,077 €/SVR for BOC; prior non-responder: 116,509 €/SVR for TVR and 110,156 €/SVR for BOC). Quality of life data showed a considerable decrease during treatment. 4. Conclusion: Our study is one of few investigating both, outcomes and costs, of treating HCV in a real-life setting. Data can serve as a reference in the discussion of increasing costs in recently introduced agents

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Author:Jona Stahmeyer, Siegbert RossolGND, Florian Bert, Klaus H. W. Böker, Harald- Robert Bruch, Christoph Eisenbach, Ralph Link, Christine John, Stefan Mauß, Renate Heyne, Eckart Schott, Heike Pfeiffer-Vornkahl, Dietrich Hüppe, Christian Krauth
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-414513
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159976
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27467772
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/07/28
Date of first Publication:2016/07/28
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/09/15
Volume:11
Issue:(7): e0159976
Page Number:14
First Page:1
Last Page:14
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Copyright: © 2016 Stahmeyer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:400651319
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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