• School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China;
CHANG Feng, Email: cpucf@163.com
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Objective To systematically review the economic evaluations of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect economic evaluations of ALK-TKIs in the treatment of ALK-positive NSCLC from inception to July 2022. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies; then, a systematic review was performed. Results A total of 20 studies were included. 18 of the included studies were cost-utility analyses based on the models. The method of survival data extrapolation involved the standard parameter model and the standard parameter model with a hazard ratio adjusting. 10 studies considered or included the disutility value of adverse events. 18 studies performed cost estimation on direct costs. In China, 45% of the included studies were first-line treatment, the results showed that ALK-TKIs were less economical than chemotherapy, and second-/third-generation ALK-TKIs were less economical than crizotinib. Only 1 studies were second-line treatment, the result showed that crizotinib was more economical than chemotherapy. Conclusion The economic evaluation results of ALK-TKIs in ALK-positive NSCLC vary according to treatment stage and national scenario, and there is also room for optimization of methodological application in this field.

Citation: XU Jiayi, DAI Zhanjing, LU Yuqiong, YANG Jing, ZHOU Wanxin, REN Ting, LU Yun, CHANG Feng. Economic evaluation of ALK-TKIs in ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2022, 22(12): 1428-1435. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202208027 Copy

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