Cost-effectiveness of the CV-polypill strategy versus standard care for secondary cardiovascular prevention in Spain: an analysis based on the SECURE trial
Background The SECURE trial (NCT02596126) demonstrated the efficacy of the cardiovascular polypill ("CV-Polypill"-acetyl salicylic acid, atorvastatin and ramipril) in reducing the risk of recurrent major cardiovascular events compared with standard care when initiated within six months of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO) |
| Repositorio: | r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:fisabio.fundanetsuite.com:p19245 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/19245 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cost-effectiveness analysis Cardiovascular prevention CV-Polypill |
| Sumario: | Background The SECURE trial (NCT02596126) demonstrated the efficacy of the cardiovascular polypill ("CV-Polypill"-acetyl salicylic acid, atorvastatin and ramipril) in reducing the risk of recurrent major cardiovascular events compared with standard care when initiated within six months of a myocardial infarction. This analysis aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the CV-Polypill from the Spanish healthcare perspective using SECURE trial data. Methods A decision analytic Markov modelling approach was conducted to compare the CV-Polypill with standard care over a lifetime time horizon. Six parametric distributions were fitted to SECURE trial data on time to reinfarction, stroke or death (cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular). Cost and utility data were sourced from literature. Respective model outputs were discounted at 3%. The model captured direct medical costs associated with treatment acquisition and acute/ongoing cardiovascular events. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA) and scenario analyses were conducted. Findings The CV-Polypill is dominant (improves health outcomes and reduces costs) in 84.8% of PSA iterations (848/1000 iterations), and cost effective in 89.3% of PSA iterations (893/1000 iterations) at a <euro>30,000 threshold. Secondary prevention with the CV-Polypill reduces the recurrence of cardiovascular events and costs over the time horizon, from the Spanish healthcare perspective. A range of scenario analyses were conducted, demonstrating the robustness of the results when different inputs and assumptions were varied. Interpretation The CV-Polypill is a dominant strategy in secondary cardiovascular prevention, compared with standard care, from the Spanish healthcare perspective. The CV-Polypill should be considered as a secondary prevention for Spanish patients, like those enrolled in SECURE, at hospital discharge. |
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