Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)

Aim. To perform a pharmacoeconomical assessment of the use of generic statin drugs in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk (CVR) in real clinical practice based on the data of the study PRIORITY.Material and methods. The PRIORITY study included 298 patients with high (29; 9.7%) and v...

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Main Authors: S. Yu. Martsevich, Yu. V. Lukina, N. P. Kutishenko
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Language:English
Published: Столичная издательская компания 2020-11-01
Series:Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии
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Online Access:https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/2302
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author S. Yu. Martsevich
Yu. V. Lukina
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description Aim. To perform a pharmacoeconomical assessment of the use of generic statin drugs in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk (CVR) in real clinical practice based on the data of the study PRIORITY.Material and methods. The PRIORITY study included 298 patients with high (29; 9.7%) and very high (269, 90.3%) CVR. All patients were recommended to take the reproduced drugs of atorvastatin and rosuvastatin in an individually prescribed dose. After 1 month (B1), if the target level of lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was not reached, the statin dose was titrated. After 3 months of follow-up (B3), the hypolipidemic effect of statin therapy was evaluated. 295 people completed the study, 285 patients had the results of the lipid profile. To perform a pharmacoeconomic analysis and evaluate the “cost/effectiveness” ratio, we used the prices of generic statins in one of the online pharmacies. The effectiveness of statins was determined by the LDL-C reduction, as well as by the percentage of achieving the target LDL-C level.Results. At the first stage of the pharmacoeconomic analysis, the criterion for the effectiveness of 3-month lipid-lowering therapy was a decrease in LDL-C level by 1 mmol/l. The median and interquartile range of the ratio “cost/effectiveness” indicator for atorvastatin was 658.2 (431.5; 1257.1) RUB/mmol/l, and for rosuvastatin – 621.0 (390.7; 940.6) RUB/mmol/l (p=0.45). The results of a comparative assessment of the “cost/effectiveness” ratio (with the abovementioned effectiveness indicator) in subgroups of patients with high and very high CVR, with the achievement and nonachievement of the target level of LDL-C, adherent and non-adherent to statins, revealed the economic advantage of statins in groups of adherent patients (p=0.35), high-risk patients (p<0.0001) and individuals who reached the target level of LDL-C (p=0.002) when compared with the corresponding comparison groups. Despite the revealed high effectiveness of rosuvastatin at doses of 20-40 mg/day (assessed by the cost/effectiveness of achieving the target values of LDL-C for specific doses of statins), calculation of the “cost/effectiveness” ratio for each reproduced statin, in general, showed a higher economic effectiveness of atorvastatin.Conclusion. Pharmacoeconomic analysis of therapy with generic statin drugs, performed according to the data of the non-randomized uncontrolled study, allows to justify the economic efficiency and advantages of these drugs in various subgroups of patients who need statin therapy.
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spelling doaj.art-21af134a6dd24958a30321998a02eb5f2024-04-01T07:43:40ZengСтоличная издательская компанияРациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии1819-64462225-36532020-11-0116569369810.20996/1819-6446-2020-10-161792Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)S. Yu. Martsevich0Yu. V. Lukina1N. P. Kutishenko2National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive MedicineNational Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive MedicineNational Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive MedicineAim. To perform a pharmacoeconomical assessment of the use of generic statin drugs in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk (CVR) in real clinical practice based on the data of the study PRIORITY.Material and methods. The PRIORITY study included 298 patients with high (29; 9.7%) and very high (269, 90.3%) CVR. All patients were recommended to take the reproduced drugs of atorvastatin and rosuvastatin in an individually prescribed dose. After 1 month (B1), if the target level of lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was not reached, the statin dose was titrated. After 3 months of follow-up (B3), the hypolipidemic effect of statin therapy was evaluated. 295 people completed the study, 285 patients had the results of the lipid profile. To perform a pharmacoeconomic analysis and evaluate the “cost/effectiveness” ratio, we used the prices of generic statins in one of the online pharmacies. The effectiveness of statins was determined by the LDL-C reduction, as well as by the percentage of achieving the target LDL-C level.Results. At the first stage of the pharmacoeconomic analysis, the criterion for the effectiveness of 3-month lipid-lowering therapy was a decrease in LDL-C level by 1 mmol/l. The median and interquartile range of the ratio “cost/effectiveness” indicator for atorvastatin was 658.2 (431.5; 1257.1) RUB/mmol/l, and for rosuvastatin – 621.0 (390.7; 940.6) RUB/mmol/l (p=0.45). The results of a comparative assessment of the “cost/effectiveness” ratio (with the abovementioned effectiveness indicator) in subgroups of patients with high and very high CVR, with the achievement and nonachievement of the target level of LDL-C, adherent and non-adherent to statins, revealed the economic advantage of statins in groups of adherent patients (p=0.35), high-risk patients (p<0.0001) and individuals who reached the target level of LDL-C (p=0.002) when compared with the corresponding comparison groups. Despite the revealed high effectiveness of rosuvastatin at doses of 20-40 mg/day (assessed by the cost/effectiveness of achieving the target values of LDL-C for specific doses of statins), calculation of the “cost/effectiveness” ratio for each reproduced statin, in general, showed a higher economic effectiveness of atorvastatin.Conclusion. Pharmacoeconomic analysis of therapy with generic statin drugs, performed according to the data of the non-randomized uncontrolled study, allows to justify the economic efficiency and advantages of these drugs in various subgroups of patients who need statin therapy.https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/2302pharmacoeconomic analysiscost/effectiveness ratioatorvastatinrosuvastatintarget level of ldl cholesterolgeneric drugs
spellingShingle S. Yu. Martsevich
Yu. V. Lukina
N. P. Kutishenko
Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)
Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии
pharmacoeconomic analysis
cost/effectiveness ratio
atorvastatin
rosuvastatin
target level of ldl cholesterol
generic drugs
title Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)
title_full Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)
title_fullStr Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)
title_short Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Therapy with Generic Statin Drugs in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk (According to the Study PRIORITY)
title_sort pharmacoeconomic analysis of therapy with generic statin drugs in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk according to the study priority
topic pharmacoeconomic analysis
cost/effectiveness ratio
atorvastatin
rosuvastatin
target level of ldl cholesterol
generic drugs
url https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/2302
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