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    OA 14 - New Paradigms in Clinical Trials (ID 681)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Oral
    • Track: Clinical Design, Statistics and Clinical Trials
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA 14.03 - Ontario's Bundled Payment System for Systemic Therapy Supports Lung Cancer Trials (ID 9636)

      11:20 - 11:30  |  Author(s): T. Kais-Prial

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      Background:
      Clinical trials (CTs) are recognized as a key component of a quality cancer care system. When funding for systemic therapy (ST) services in Ontario transitioned in 2014/15 from a one-time payment for new cases to bundled payments for specific evidence-informed regimens, stakeholders expressed concern that the funding model could exclude patients from participation in CTs as treatment facilities would only receive funding when evidence-informed regimens were used.

      Method:
      A CT policy was implemented to enable public funding through the ST funding model for older and inexpensive drugs and their administration within randomized CTs at the level of the standard of care. Non-randomized CTs were to be funded at the level of best supportive care or other appropriate funding level. New and expensive drugs in a CT could be funded through a separate provincial drug reimbursement program if used according to public funding criteria with administration costs covered by the ST funding model. Each new CT is now assessed to determine the level of public funding possible. The funding model can now capture data on phase of trial, disease type, treatment regimen, trial purpose (adjuvant, palliative) and patient accrual by treatment facility

      Result:
      During 2015/16 and 2016/17, 43 and 44 lung CTs, respectively, were assessed and activated in Ontario. Trial accrual increased by 33% (from 311 to 413 patients) over the two years since the introduction of the funding model. Accrual varied by facility. In 2016/17, it ranged from a low of 0.25% to 37.5% of the new lung cancer (LC) patients seen at individual facilities. For the five largest cancer centres in Ontario, the percentage of patients recruited ranged from 5% to 18.3% and total accruals from these centres (n=257) comprised 63% of provincial LC trial recruitment. Five immuno-oncology trials accrued 183 patients and made up 44% of total LC trial accruals. Public funding through the ST funding model amounted to $415,000 in 2015/16 and increased to $815,000 in 2016/17.

      Conclusion:
      The new bundled payment system for ST and the CT policy have enabled public funding to support lung CTs. The ST funding model has facilitated the capture of CT data and trends not previously available for LC and other tumours. The new provincial CT policy and payment system do not appear to have negatively impacted participation in lung cancer CTs. The variance in trial accrual between centres warrants further study.

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