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- Title
Health state utilities associated with treatment for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.
- Authors
Matza, Louis S.; Paramore, L. Clark; Stewart, Katie D.; Karn, Hayley; Jobanputra, Minesh; Dietz, Andrew C.
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>Transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) is a genetic disease that affects production of red blood cells. Conventional treatment involves regular red blood cell transfusions and iron chelation, which has a substantial impact on quality of life. While potentially curative, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is associated with risk of complications, including graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Gene addition therapy, a novel treatment approach, involves autologous transplantation of the patient's own genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells. The purpose of this study was to estimate utilities associated with treatment approaches for TDT.<bold>Methods: </bold>General population respondents in England valued eight health state vignettes (developed with clinician, patient, and parent input) in time trade-off interviews.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 207 participants completed interviews (49.8% female; mean age = 43.2 years). Mean (SD) utilities for the pre-transplant health states were 0.73 (0.25) with oral chelation and 0.63 (0.32) with subcutaneous chelation. Mean utilities for the transplant year were 0.62 (0.35) for gene addition therapy, 0.47 (0.39) for allo-HSCT, and 0.39 (0.39) for allo-HSCT with acute GvHD. Post-transplant utilities were 0.93 (0.15) for transfusion independent, 0.75 (0.25) for 60% transfusion reduction, and 0.51 (0.38) for chronic GvHD. Acute and chronic GvHD were associated with significant disutility (acute = - 0.09, p < 0.0001; chronic = - 0.42, p < 0.0001).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Utilities followed expected patterns, with logical differences between treatment options for TDT and substantially greater utility for transfusion independence than for ongoing treatment involving transfusion and chelation. These utilities may be useful in cost-utility models estimating the value of treatments for TDT.
- Subjects
BLOOD transfusion; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; GENE therapy; HEMATOPOIETIC stem cells; CHELATION therapy
- Publication
European Journal of Health Economics, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 3, p397
- ISSN
1618-7598
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10198-019-01136-0