Abstract
Background/Objectives: Red blood cell transfusions for anemia impose high financial and healthcare resource utilization burdens on patients with myelofibrosis (MF). This study estimates projected differences in medical costs and transfusion-related cost and time burdens with momelotinib vs. ruxolitinib or best available therapy (BAT) in Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor-naive and -experienced patients. Methods: Analyses used 24-week transfusion data from the phase 3 SIMPLIFY-1 and SIMPLIFY-2 trials and cost estimates from a study of adult patients with MF using the US IBM MarketScan Commercial database. The analyses were stratified by transfusion status at baseline (transfusion dependent [TD], transfusion independent/requiring [TI/TR]). Subgroup analyses were conducted among patients with anemia (moderate anemia, hemoglobin ≥ 8 to <10 g/dL; moderate-to-severe anemia, hemoglobin < 10 g/dL) and for patients aged ≥65 years. Cost estimates for patients aged ≥65 years were extracted from a study using the Medicare Fee-for-Service database. Results: In JAK inhibitor-naive patients, momelotinib was projected to result in cost and time savings vs. ruxolitinib in both TD and TI/TR patients across all populations evaluated. Projected cost and time savings were also observed with momelotinib vs. BAT in JAK inhibitor-experienced patients across all populations evaluated, primarily in TD patients. Conclusions: These results suggest that momelotinib may provide medical and transfusion-related cost and time burden offsets for both JAK inhibitor-naive and -experienced patients with MF.