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MULTIPLE TREATMENT CHOICES: ARE THEY EQUALLY ( cost ) EFFECTIVE?. Giovanni L. Pappagallo (giovanni.pappagallo@tin.it). Azienda ULSS 13 – Mirano VE. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche U.O.C. di Oncologia & Ematologia Oncologica. Ufficio di Epidemiologia & Sperimentazioni Cliniche.
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MULTIPLE TREATMENT CHOICES: ARE THEY EQUALLY (cost) EFFECTIVE? Giovanni L. Pappagallo (giovanni.pappagallo@tin.it) Azienda ULSS 13 – Mirano VE Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche U.O.C. di Oncologia & Ematologia Oncologica Ufficio di Epidemiologia & Sperimentazioni Cliniche
YOUR TREATMENT CHOICE… Statistical Significance vs Clinical Significance Registrative Studies vs Therapeutic Strategies Controlling the Cost of Innovative Cancer Therapeutics
YOUR TREATMENT CHOICE… Statistical Significance vs Clinical Significance RegistrativeStudies vs TherapeuticStrategies Controlling the Costof Innovative CancerTherapeutics
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection
target Δ of HERA trial: RRR 23% HR 0.54 (95%CL 0.43-0.67) Trastuzumab better Control better J Slutsman, ASCO 2005
HR 0.62 (95%CL 0.41-0.95) target Δ of CALGB 9633: RRR 33% CarboTaxol better Control better J Slutsman, ASCO 2005
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection
Target Δ: HR erlotinib:placebo = 0.75 (2 months OS improvement) Analysis after 381 events (450 patients; α 5%, power 80%) Analysis after 486 events (569 patients) Actual difference: 0.33 months (10 days)
Target Δ: HR cetuximab:placebo = 0.80 (2.5 months OS improvement) Analysis after 845 events (1100 patients; α 5%, power 90%) Analysis after ??? events (1125 patients) Actual difference: 1.2 months
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection
“Standard” therapy? Equipoise?
Equipoise? “Standard” therapy?
Equipoise? New “standard”? “Standard” therapy?
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection
VALIDATION OF SURROGATE ENDPOINTS:“FULL CAPTURE OF EFFECT” Effect of treatment on surrogate Effect of surrogate on true endpoint S T Trt Effect of treatment on trueendpoint must befullycaptured by surrogate Prentice, Statist Med 1989;8:431.
VALIDATION OF SURROGATE ENDPOINTS:“FULL CAPTURE OF EFFECT” Effect of treatment on surrogate Effect of surrogate on true endpoint S T Trt Effect of treatment on trueendpoint must befullycaptured by surrogate Prentice, Statist Med 1989;8:431.
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection
PoorClinicalSignificancewhen PossibleClinicalSignificancealsowhen P<0.05 • Earlytermination • Overpowering • Inadequatecontrolgroup • Inadequate (?) primaryendpoint • Subgroupanalysis • P≥0.05 • Underpowering • Inadequate(?) patientselection
Breast-cancer deaths Other deaths Competing causes of mortality Age ≥50 years and ER+ Probability 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 5 10 15 Time from diagnosis (years) ER+, oestrogen receptor-positive Hanrahan et al. J Clin Oncol 2007; 25: 4952-60
YOUR TREATMENT CHOICE… StatisticalSignificance vs ClinicalSignificance Registrative Studies vs Therapeutic Strategies Controlling the Cost of Innovative Cancer Therapeutics
MAINTENANCE THERAPY IN ADVANCED NSCLC: PROOF OF PRINCIPLEOR READY-TO-USE STRATEGY? Only 19% of placebo ptsreceivedPemetrexed at anytime Only 16% of placebo ptsreceivedErlotinib at anytime C. Belani, ASCO 2009 F. Cappuzzo, WCLC 2009
The Best 2ndLine (one of)The Best 1st Line
YOUR TREATMENT CHOICE… StatisticalSignificance vs ClinicalSignificance RegistrativeStudies vs TherapeuticStrategies Controlling the Cost of Innovative Cancer Therapeutics