Abstract | PURPOSE: A comprehensive study comparing the costs and efficacies of darunavir/ ritonavir 800/100 mg qd and the other ritonavir-boosted (/r) protease inhibitors (PIs) recommended for treatment-naïve individuals with HIV-1 infection would help health care decision makers identify the value of each boosted PI. METHODS: A cost-efficacy model was developed to compare the five recommended boosted PIs, each used with a tenofovir-based nucleotide/ nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor backbone. Efficacy was measured by virologic response (ie, HIV-1 ribonucleic acid < 50 copies/mL) at 48 weeks, based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent clinical trials. One-year antiretroviral therapy costs and 48-week efficacy values were used to generate the efficiency frontier and cost-efficacy ratios. RESULTS:
Darunavir/r was the most efficacious boosted PI, with an incremental cost-efficacy ratio of $27,390 per additional individual with virologic response, compared with fosamprenavir/r. All other regimens were dominated. Darunavir/r combination therapy also had one of the lowest average costs ($26,287) per individual with virologic response, resulting in a maximal number of individuals successfully treated within a fixed budget. The model results were robust in variability and sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSION:
Darunavir/ r 800/100 mg qd combination therapy represents a cost-efficacious option for treatment-naïve individuals with HIV-1 infection in the United States.
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Authors | Anita J Brogan, Joseph Mrus, Andrew Hill, Anthony W Sawyer, Erik Smets |
Journal | HIV clinical trials
(HIV Clin Trials)
2010 May-Jun
Vol. 11
Issue 3
Pg. 133-44
ISSN: 1528-4336 [Print] England |
PMID | 20736150
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- HIV Protease Inhibitors
- RNA, Viral
- Sulfonamides
- Ritonavir
- Darunavir
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Topics |
- Adult
- Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Darunavir
- Endpoint Determination
- Female
- HIV Infections
(drug therapy, economics, virology)
- HIV Protease Inhibitors
(economics, therapeutic use)
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Econometric
- RNA, Viral
(blood)
- Ritonavir
(economics, therapeutic use)
- Sulfonamides
(economics, therapeutic use)
- Treatment Outcome
- United States
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