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Do patient access schemes for high-cost cancer drugs deliver value to
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Aggarwal A
; Fojo T
; Chamberlain C
; Davis C
; Sullivan R
Ann Oncol
2017[Aug]; 28
(8
): 1738-1750
PMID28453615
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BACKGROUND: The NHS Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) was established in 2010 to reduce
delays and improve access to cancer drugs, including those that had been
previously appraised but not approved by NICE (National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence). After 1.3 billion GBP expenditure, a UK parliamentary review in
2016 rationalized the CDF back into NICE. METHODS: This paper analyses the
potential value delivered by the CDF according to six value criteria. This
includes validated clinical benefits scales, cost-effectiveness criteria as
defined by NICE and an assessment of real-world data. The analysis focuses on 29
cancer drugs approved for 47 indications that could be prescribed through the CDF
in January 2015. RESULTS: Of the 47 CDF approved indications, only 18 (38%)
reported a statistically significant OS benefit, with an overall median survival
of 3.1?months (1.4-15.7?months). When assessed according to clinical benefit
scales, only 23 (48%) and 9 (18%) of the 47 drug indications met ASCO and ESMO
criteria, respectively. NICE had previously rejected 26 (55%) of the CDF approved
indications because they did not meet cost-effectiveness thresholds. Four
drugs-bevacizumab, cetuximab, everolimus and lapatinib-represented the bulk of
CDF applications and were approved for a total of 18 separate indications.
Thirteen of these indications were subsequently delisted by the CDF in January
2015 due to insufficient evidence for clinical benefit-data which were unchanged
since their initial approval. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude the CDF has not delivered
meaningful value to patients or society. There is no empirical evidence to
support a 'drug only' ring fenced cancer fund relative to concomitant investments
in other cancer domains such as surgery and radiotherapy, or other noncancer
medicines. Reimbursement decisions for all drugs and interventions within cancer
care should be made through appropriate health technology appraisal processes.