The journal publication, “Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy is critical and cost-effective in increasing life expectancy and quality of life in patients suffering from Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID): A health-economic assessment,” is authored by Professor Philippe van Wilder with the Université libre de Bruxelles and Professor Esther de Vries of Tilburg University and offers a health economic model to estimate the value of treatment with IG therapy for CVID patients.
Key findings that support PPTA and member company messages of value include:
- Average dose IG treatment yields an additional 17 life-years and 11 quality-adjusted life-years compared to little or no treatment.
- IG is cost-effective: the resulting incremental cost-effective ratios (ICERs) are €29,296/LY and €46,717/QALY.
- Reducing diagnostic delay by five years yields an additional 7 life-years and 5 quality-adjusted life years, and ICERs of €30,282/LY and €47,504/QALY, respectively.
This project builds on Professor van Wilder’s November 2018 publication “The Burden of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis of the European Society for Immunodeficiency (ESID) Registry Data.”
Created on March 12 2021.