The clinical and cost effectiveness of drotecogin alfa-activated (Xigris) for the treatment of severe sepsis or septic shock in adults - NICE Technology Assessment Report

Green C, Dinnes J, Takeda A, Shepherd J, Hartwell D, Cave C, Payne E, Cuthbertson BH
Record ID 32005001011
English
Authors' objectives:

To assess the clinical and costeffectiveness of drotrecogin alfa (activated) for the treatment of adults with severe sepsis in a UK context.

Authors' recommendations: Drotrecogin alfa (activated) plus best supportive care appears clinically and cost-effective compared with best supportive care alone, in a UK cohort of severe sepsis patients, and in the subgroup of more severely affected patients with severe sepsis and multiple organ failure. The introduction of drotrecogin alfa (activated) will involve a substantial additional costto the NHS. The treatment-eligible population in England and Wales may comprise up to 16,570 patients, with an estimated annual drug acquisition cost of over £80 million, excluding VAT. Further research is required on the longer term impact of drotrecogin alfa (activated) on both mortality and morbidity in UK patients with severe sepsis, on the clinical and costeffectiveness of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in children (under 18 years) with severe sepsis, and on the effect of the timing of dosage and duration of treatment onoutcomes in severe sepsis.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1378
Year Published: 2005
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Drug Costs
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Adult
  • Shock, Septic
  • Sepsis
  • Protein C
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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