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Cobicistat

Not recommended Infectious diseaseNot applicableNot applicable line

Treatment of HIV-infected patients as a pharmacokinetic enhancer of atazanavir.

1
Submissions
2013–13
On the record
ICER range
Cost-min
Cost basis

From the public summary

Verbatim · PSD text · may span indications
Comparative effectiveness
The PBAC considered that as cobicistat has no intrinsic anti-retroviral activity and is only clinically indicated as a component in a combination product for which there is a separate application regimen. The clinical need for cobicistat as a single-ingredient was not established.PSD · Jul 2013
Furthermore, the PBAC noted that cobicistat has no current place in published recommended treatment guidelines outside of its use in the combination product Stribild (cobicistat+elvitegravir+emtricitabine+tenofovir).PSD · Jul 2013

Cost-effectiveness

Cost-minimisation analysis presented; no ICER calculated as submission was based on non-inferiority claim.

The submission presented a cost-minimisation analysis based on a claim of non-inferiority for virological outcome. PSD · 2013
Surrogate endpoint

Decision context

PopulationHIV-infected patients as a pharmacokinetic enhancer of atazanavir, proposed without restriction on treatment experience.

Why it was knocked back

  • Unclear clinical need for cobicistat as a single-ingredient product, inadequate evidence to support non-inferior comparative effectiveness and safety claim, no current place in published treatment guidelines outside of combination product Stribild, trial population not consistent with proposed PBS population (all treatment-naïve), small trial size, limited duration (48 weeks), partial support for safety non-inferiority claim, viral load as sole outcome not appropriate for a pharmacokinetic enhancer with no intrinsic antiretroviral activity

Submission history

1 entries
DecidedOutcomeComparatorICEREvidence
Jul 2013 Not recommended ritonavir RCT · Virological response (HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL at Week 48)

Similar precedents

By decision profile

Regulatory · TGA

Label narrower than PBS population — PBAC restricted to atazanavir specifically, while TGA label permits any appropriate HIV-1 protease inhibitor.