[Cost-effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor in Crohn's disease].

UNLABELLED: Treatment of Crohn's disease (CD) is a very serious public health problem. Significant progress in this area has been provided by inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), in particular, infliximab and adalimumab. OBJECTIVE: To estimate cost-effectiveness of induction of CD remission with TNF inhibitors. METHODS: The study was based on the Marcov modeling on the background of ACCENT I and CHARM research. Estimating the cost of hospitalization and surgery was carried out on the basis of tariffs compulsory health insurance at St. Petersburg in 2011.The research horizon was 1 year. RESULTS: It Is shown that the "cost/effectiveness" (CE) for adalimumab is lower compared withj infliximab both in CD in moderate severity, and in severe CD. In severe CD, CE for adalimumab is 903.2 thousand rubles/QALY, that is, does not exceed the tripled gross domestic product per person, considered as an acceptable upper CE limit for the budget healthcare. CONCLUSIONS: For induction of remission in patients with CD resistant to basic therapy without TNF inhibitors, it is advisable to use adalimumab, because with equal clinical efficacy of infliximab, it requires a smaller amount of additional costs.