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. 2019 Apr;25(4):10.18553/jmcp.2019.25.4.490. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2019.25.4.490

TABLE 1.

Model Inputs

Parameter Value Source
Efficacy inputs
Fingolimod IM IFNβ-1a
Relative risk of disability progression 0.68 0.79 ICER (2017)7
Relative rate of relapse 0.46 0.83
Utility inputs
Health-state utility by EDSS 0 0.8752 ICER (2017)7
Based on: Mauskopf et al. (2016)27
1 0.8342
2 0.7802
3 0.6946
4 0.6253
5 0.5442
6 0.4555
7 0.3437
8 0.0023
9 -0.1701
Adjustment to SPMS -0.0437
Relapse (per event) Mild/moderate -0.091 ICER (2017)7
Based on: Oleen-Burkey et al. (2012)36
Severe -0.302
Cost inputs, $
Health-state costs by EDSS 0 1,859 ICER (2017) inflated to 2017 USD using the U.S. Consumer Price Index for medical care7
Based on: Kobelt et al. (2006)37
1 3,195
2 4,531
3 5,866
4 7,203
5 8,539
6 9,875
7 11,211
8 12,547
9 13,883
Relapse (per event) 1,771
Fingolimod IM IFNβ-1a
Annual medication cost, $ 87,025 82,012 WAC (2017)30
Annual administration and monitoring costs Year 1 172 58 ICER (2017) inflated to 2017 USD using the U.S. Consumer Price Index for medical care7
Year 2+ 76 39
LOE inputs
Fingolimod IM IFNβ-1a
Cycle number of LOE 4 10 FDA Orange Book and Avonex32,33
Price reduction on LOE, % Year 1 80 27 IMS (2016)20
WAC (2017)30
Year 2 85
Year 3+ 90
Patients switching to generic versions on LOE, % 88 88 IMS (2016)20

EDSS = Expanded Disability Status Scale; FDA = U.S. Food and Drug Administration; ICER = Institute for Clinical and Economic Review; IM IFNβ-1a = intramuscular interferon beta-1a; LOE = loss of exclusivity; SPMS = secondary progressive multiple sclerosis; USD = U.S. dollars; WAC = wholesale acquisition cost.