Ciclosporin compared to prednisolone therapy for patients with pyoderma gangrenosum: cost-effectiveness analysis of the STOP GAP trial

Mason, J.M., Thomas, K.S., Ormerod, A.D., Craig, F.E., Mitchell, E., Norrie, J. and Williams, H.C. (2017) Ciclosporin compared to prednisolone therapy for patients with pyoderma gangrenosum: cost-effectiveness analysis of the STOP GAP trial. British Journal of Dermatology, 177 (6). pp. 1527-1536. ISSN 1365-2133

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Abstract

Background

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a painful, ulcerating skin disease with poor evidence for management. Prednisolone and ciclosporin are the most commonly used treatments, although not previously compared within a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Objectives

To compare the cost-effectiveness of ciclosporin and prednisolone-initiated treatment for patients with PG.

Methods

Quality-of-life (EuroQoL EQ-5D-3L) and resource data were collected as part of the STOP-GAP trial: a multicentre, parallel-group, observer-blind RCT. Within-trial analysis used bivariate regression of costs and QALYs, with multiple imputation of missing data, informing a probabilistic assessment of incremental treatment cost-effectiveness from a health service perspective.

Results

In the base case analysis, when compared with prednisolone, ciclosporin was cost-effective due to a reduction in costs (net cost: -£1160; 95%CI: (-2991 to 672) and improvement in quality of life (net QALYs: 0.055; 95%CI: 0.018 to 0.093). However, this finding appears driven by a minority of patients with large lesions (≥20cm2) (net cost: -£5310; 95%CI: -9729 to -891; net QALYs: 0.077; 95%CI: 0.004 to 0.151). The incremental cost-effectiveness of ciclosporin for the majority of patients with smaller lesions was £23,374/QALY although the estimate is imprecise: the probability of being cost-effective at a willingness to pay of £20,000/QALY was 43%.

Conclusions

Consistent with the clinical findings of the STOP-GAP trial, patients with small lesions should receive treatment guided by the side effect profiles of the drugs and patient preference - neither strategy is clearly a preferred use of NHS resources. However, ciclosporin-initiated treatment may be more cost-effective for patients with large lesions.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/964796
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.15561
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 30 May 2017 13:34
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:54
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/43286

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