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Bimatoprost With Timolol MaleateGanfort

Recommended OphthalmologyRestrictedLater-line line

Reduction of elevated intra-ocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who are not adequately controlled with other treatments.

1
Submissions
2009–09
On the record
ICER range
Cost-min
Cost basis

Decision on record

1 decision
  • Meeting Mar 2009 Recommended Anti-glaucoma

Access path

1 submission · public record
  1. TGA registered · Ganfort

    TGA label narrower than the PBS population

  2. Mar 2009
    Recommended · restricted

    vs bimatoprost 0.03% and timolol maleate 0.5% eye drops given…

  3. PBS listing · Restricted
RecommendedDeferredNot recommended

From the public summary

Verbatim · PSD text · may span indications
Comparative effectiveness
For PBAC’s view, see Recommendation and Reasons. 10. Economic Analysis The submission presented a cost minimisation analysis. According to Study 026T, the equi- effective doses were estimated as bimatoprost with timolol one drop instilled once daily and concomitant bimatoprost 0.3mg/mL one drop instilled once daily plus timolol maleate 5mg/mL one drop instilled twice daily. 11.PSD · Mar 2009
The submission argued that because the patients who received bimatoprost with timolol would have been treated with two prostaglandin analogue fixed combinations currently listed on the PBS (latanoprost with timolol and travoprost with timolol), there would be no net increase in cost to the PBS/RPBS should bimatoprost with timolol be listed. 12.PSD · Mar 2009

Cost-effectiveness

Cost-minimisation analysis performed; no ICER calculated

The PBAC recommended the listing of bimatoprost with timolol maleate on the PBS and also for inclusion in the Optometrical Schedule, in accordance with the combination guidelines, on a cost-minimisation basis compared with its constituent components, bimatoprost 0.03% and timolol maleate 0.5% eye drops given concomitantly. PBAC · 2009
Cost-effectiveness accepted

Decision context

Populationpatients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who are not adequately controlled with other treatments

Submission history

1 entries
DecidedOutcomeComparatorICEREvidence
Mar 2009 Recommended · restricted bimatoprost 0.03% and timolol maleate 0.5% eye drops given concomitantly RCT, Single-arm, Registry · OS | PFS | DFS | ORR | QoL | Surrogate

Similar precedents

By decision profile

Regulatory · TGA

Label narrower than PBS population — PBAC restricts to patients inadequately controlled with other treatments (later-line), narrowing the TGA's broader open-angle glaucoma/ocular hypertension population.