Cost-effectiveness of maternal immunization against neonatal invasive Group B Streptococcus in the Netherlands

Background: Neonatal invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection causes considerable disease burden in the Netherlands. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) prevents early-onset disease (EOD), but has no effect on late-onset disease (LOD). A potential maternal GBS vaccine could prevent both EOD and LOD by conferring immunity in neonates. Objective: Explore under which circumstances maternal vaccination against GBS would be cost-effective as an addition to, or replacement for the current risk factor-based IAP prevention strategy in the Netherlands. Methods: We assessed the maximum cost-e... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hahn, Brett A.
de Gier, Brechje
van Kassel, Merel N.
Bijlsma, Merijn W.
van Leeuwen, Elisabeth
Wouters, Maurice G.A.J.
van der Ende, Arie
van de Beek, Diederik
Wallinga, Jacco
Hahné, Susan J.M.
Jan van Hoek, Albert
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Hahn , B A , de Gier , B , van Kassel , M N , Bijlsma , M W , van Leeuwen , E , Wouters , M G A J , van der Ende , A , van de Beek , D , Wallinga , J , Hahné , S J M & Jan van Hoek , A 2021 , ' Cost-effectiveness of maternal immunization against neonatal invasive Group B Streptococcus in the Netherlands ' , Vaccine , vol. 39 , no. 21 , pp. 2876-2885 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.04.001
Sprache: Englisch
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Background: Neonatal invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection causes considerable disease burden in the Netherlands. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) prevents early-onset disease (EOD), but has no effect on late-onset disease (LOD). A potential maternal GBS vaccine could prevent both EOD and LOD by conferring immunity in neonates. Objective: Explore under which circumstances maternal vaccination against GBS would be cost-effective as an addition to, or replacement for the current risk factor-based IAP prevention strategy in the Netherlands. Methods: We assessed the maximum cost-effective price per dose of a trivalent (serotypes Ia, Ib, and III) and hexavalent (additional serotypes II, IV, and V) GBS vaccine in addition to, or as a replacement for IAP. To project the prevented costs and disease burden, a decision tree model was developed to reflect neonatal GBS disease and long-term health outcomes among a cohort based on 169,836 live births in the Netherlands in 2017. Results: Under base-case conditions, maternal immunization with a trivalent vaccine would gain 186 QALYs and prevent more than €3.1 million in health care costs when implemented in addition to IAP. Immunization implemented as a replacement for IAP would gain 88 QALYs compared to the current prevention strategy, prevent €1.5 million in health care costs, and avoid potentially ~ 30,000 IAP administrations. The base-case results correspond to a maximum price of €58 per dose (vaccine + administration costs; using a threshold of €20,000/QALY). Expanding the serotype coverage to a hexavalent vaccine would only have a limited additional impact on the cost-effectiveness in the Netherlands. Conclusions: A maternal GBS vaccine could be cost-effective when implemented in addition to the current risk factor-based IAP prevention strategy in the Netherlands. Discontinuation of IAP would save costs and prevent antibiotic use, however, is projected to lead to a lower health gain compared to vaccination in addition to IAP.