Once-weekly semaglutide is a 'cost-effective' treatment option for type 2 diabetes, study shows – DiabetesTimes.co.uk

New research has revealed that once-weekly semaglutide one mg is a more cost-effective way to treat type 2 diabetes compared to insulin aspart.
During the study, long-term outcomes were projected over a person’s lifetimes using the IQVIA CORE Diabetes Model. SUSTAIN 11 was used to inform baseline cohort characteristics and treatment effects.
The participants were modelled to receive once-weekly semaglutide plus basal insulin for three years before intensifying to basal-bolus insulin, compared with basal-bolus insulin for lifetimes in the aspart arm.
Costs were accounted from a healthcare payer perspective in the UK, expressed in 2021 pounds sterling (GBP).
According to the results, once-weekly semaglutide 1 mg was associated with improvements in quality-adjusted life expectancy of 0.18 quality-adjusted life years versus insulin aspart, due to a reduced incidence and delayed time to onset of diabetes-related complications.
The results state: “Direct costs were estimated to be GBP 800 higher with semaglutide, with higher treatment costs partially offset by cost savings from avoidance of diabetes-related complications.
“Once-weekly semaglutide 1 mg was therefore associated with an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of GBP 4457 per QALY gained versus insulin aspart.”
To access the entire study, click here.
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