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An Economic Evaluation of Irbesartan in the Treatment of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Nephropathy: Cost-Effectiveness of Irbesartan in Diabetic Nephropathy Trial (IDNT) in the Belgian and French Settings

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posted on 2023-05-17, 09:29 authored by Andrew PalmerAndrew Palmer, Annemans, L, Roze, S, Lamotte, M, Rodby, RA, Cordonnier, DJ
Background. In the Irbesartan in Diabetic Nephropathy Trial (IDNT), treatment with irbesartan demonstrated 23 and 20% reductions in the combined endpoint of doubling of serum creatinine (DSC), end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or death in patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes and overt nephropathy compared with amlodipine and control, respectively. A simulation model was developed to project long-term cost consequences of the IDNT in Belgium and France. Methods. A Markov model simulated progression from nephropathy to DSC, ESRD and death in patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes and overt nephropathy. Treatment-specific probabilities were derived from IDNT. Country-specific ESRD-related data were retrieved from published sources. Delay in onset of ESRD, life expectancy and mean lifetime costs were calculated for patients with a baseline age of 59 years. Future costs were discounted at 3% per annum (p.a.), and clinical benefits were discounted at 0 and 3% p.a.. Extensive sensitivity analyses were performed. Results. Onset of ESRD was delayed with irbesartan by 1.41 and 1.35 years vs amlodipine and control, respectively. When a 10-year time horizon was considered, delay in ESRD onset led to anticipated improvements in life expectancy of 0.13 years vs amlodipine and 0.26 years vs control. Irbesartan was associated with cost savings of E14949 and E9205/patient in Belgium, and E20128 and E13337 in France, vs amlodipine and control, respectively. The results were robust under a wide range of plausible assumptions. Conclusions. Treating patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes and overt nephropathy using irbesartan was both cost- and life-saving compared with amlodipine and control.

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Publication title

Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation

Volume

18

Issue

10

Pagination

2059-2066

ISSN

0931-0509

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

Oxford Univ Press

Place of publication

Great Clarendon St, Oxford, England, Ox2 6Dp

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  • Restricted

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Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified

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