A Pharmaco-Economic Analyzis of Treating Severe Uncontrolled Child Asthma with Omalizumab — Actual Russian Clinical Practice Data

Abstract

Background:Omalizumab is the first and yet the only biopreparation for asthma which combines high efficiency and high cost. The clinical-economic expediency of using omalizumab in asthmatic children has not been previously studied in Russia.Objective:Our aim was to evaluate the clinical and economic expediency of using omalizumab as additive treatment (to basic or supporting therapy) in children with severe uncontrolled atopic asthma under the Russian economic conditions.Methods:We conducted a mathematical simulation of asthma treatment in children with an increased frequency of hospitalization (9 times per year) with an average monthly omalizumab requirement of 558 mg. The model is based on the Markov chain. The model includes direct and non-direct costs. The planning horizons were 2 and 5 years. We analyzed the efficiency and utility of the costs and their influence on the budget. The stability of received data is proven by sensitivity analyzis.Results:Over a 5-year planning horizon the cost of an additional year of quality life (due to using omalizumab) was 1,259,185 roubles, while the “society’s solvency” is 1 341 308 roubles (cost utility analizis). It takes 39,820 rubles to prevent one hospitalization with omalizumab over a 5-year planning horizon (cost efficiency analizis), which is comparable to the cost of hospitalization (43,141 rubles). Total costs for treating 100 children with asthma, 7 of which would be treated with omalizumab, were equal to the amount of money which is enough to treat 105 children without omalizumab (analysis of budgetary influence).Conclusion:The analyses of cost efficiency and utility have shown that the strategy of using omalizumab together with standard treatment is economically expedient. Budgetary influence analysis has not detected a significant burden on the budget.