scholarly journals Cost Effectiveness of Ultrasound Screening, Cancer Patients, To Detect Asymptomatic Thrombosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. A587
Author(s):  
G Kourlaba ◽  
G Gourzoulidis ◽  
E Rasmussen ◽  
S Kontodimas ◽  
N Maniadakis
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaoping Xu ◽  
Li Yuanyuan ◽  
Zhu Jiejing ◽  
Liu Jian ◽  
Li Qingyu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in China. Amplification of the Human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) gene is present and overexpressed in 18–20% of breast cancers and historically has been associated with inferior disease-related outcomes. There has been increasing interest in de-escalation of therapy for low-risk disease. This study analyzes the cost-effectiveness of Doxorubicin/ Cyclophosphamide/ Paclitaxel/ Trastuzumab (AC-TH) and Docetaxel/Carboplatin/Trastuzumab(TCH) from payer perspective over a 5 year time horizon. Methods A half-cycle corrected Markov model was built to simulate the process of breast cancer events and death occurred in both AC-TH and TCH armed patients. Cost data came from studies based on a Chinese hospital. One-way sensitivity analyses as well as second-order Monte Carlo and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed.The transition probabilities and utilities were extracted from published literature, and deterministic sensitivity analyses were conducted. Results We identified 41 breast cancer patients at Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, among whom 15 (60%) had a partial response for AC-TH treatment and 13 (81.25%) had a partial response for TCH treatment.No cardiac toxicity was observed. Hematologic grade 3 or 4 toxicities were observed in 1 of 28 patients.Nonhematologic grade 3 or 4 toxicities with a reverse pattern were observed in 6 of 29 patients. The mean QALY gain per patient compared with TCH was 0.25 with AC-TH, while the incremental costs were $US13,142. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of AC-TH versus TCH was $US 52,565 per QALY gained. Conclusions This study concluded that TCH neoadjuvant chemotherapy was feasible and active in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer patients in terms of the pathological complete response, complete response, and partial response rates and manageable toxicities.


2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 628-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andinet Woldemichael ◽  
Eberechukwu Onukwugha ◽  
Brian Seal ◽  
Nader Hanna ◽  
C. Daniel Mullins

2021 ◽  
pp. 174-182
Author(s):  
I. S. Krysanov ◽  
E. V. Makarova ◽  
V. Yu. Ermakova

Introduction. Currently, a number of pharmacoeconomic studies describing use of erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) in cancer patients with anemia have been published, however, most of the publications on this topic are foreign. At the same time, there are practically no studies comparing the economic efficiency of various ESA preparations with each other. Some of works by foreign colleagues reflect that the clinical efficacy of using ESA namely the degree of increase in Hb, significantly depends on the patient’s body weight: the higher the weight, the greater the dose of EPO is required for a single administration and a course of therapy.Aim. Сomparative pharmacoeconomic analysis of epoetin alfa usage for the treatment of anemia in adult cancer patients with weight 80 kg.Materials and methods. The following drugs were selected for comparative analysis: epoetin alfa, epoetin beta, darbepoetin. Clinical efficacy was assessed in terms of the rate of in Hb level increase. Pharmacoeconomic analysis was carried out using the cost-effectiveness method (CEA).Results. Тhe usage of epoetin alfa 12,000 IU for 8 weeks therapy course in cancer patients weighting over 80 kg had a better cost-effectiveness ratio compared to epoetin alfa (10,000 IU, 30,000 IU, 40,000 IU) and darbepoetin, giving way in price only to the cheapest epoetin beta which can be administered 4 injections simultaneously. Its the infringement of patients rights to avoid additional pain. Its the infringement of patients rights to avoid additional pain. At the 16th week of therapy, the usage of epoetin alfa 12,000 IU had an advantage over all ESA.Conclusions. Тhe usage of russian epoetin alfa 12,000 IU for the treatment of anemia in adult cancer patients weighing over 80 kg approximately in real clinical practice in Russian Federation is an economically justified approach to the medical care organization. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. S144-S145
Author(s):  
N.R. Parikh ◽  
D. Johnson ◽  
A. Raldow ◽  
M.L. Steinberg ◽  
J. Czernin ◽  
...  

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. e036566
Author(s):  
Clément Ferrier ◽  
Babak Khoshnood ◽  
Ferdinand Dhombres ◽  
Hanitra Randrianaivo ◽  
Isabelle Perthus ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo assess trends in the average costs and effectiveness of the French ultrasound screening programme for birth defects.DesignA population-based study.SettingNational Public Health Insurance claim database.ParticipantsAll pregnant women in the ‘Echantillon Généraliste des Bénéficiaires’, a permanent representative sample of 1/97 of the individuals covered by the French Health Insurance System.Main outcomes measuresTrends in the costs and in the average cost-effectiveness ratio (ACER) of the screening programme (in € per case detected antenatally), per year, between 2006 and 2014. incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) from 1 year to another were also estimated. We assessed costs related to the ultrasound screening programme of birth defects excluding the specific screening of Down’s syndrome. The outcome for effectiveness was the prenatal detection rate of birth defects, assessed in a previous study. Linear and logistic regressions were used to analyse time trends.ResultsDuring the study period, there was a slight decrease in prenatal detection rates (from 58.2% in 2006 to 55.2% in 2014; p=0.015). The cost of ultrasound screening increased from €168 in 2006 to €258 per pregnancy in 2014 (p=0.001). We found a 61% increase in the ACER for ultrasound screening during the study period. ACERs increased from €9050 per case detected in 2006 to €14 580 per case detected in 2014 (p=0.001). ICERs had an erratic pattern, with a strong tendency to show that any increment in the cost of screening was highly cost ineffective.ConclusionEven if the increase in costs may be partly justified, we observed a diminishing returns for costs associated with the prenatal ultrasound screening of birth defects, in France, between 2006 and 2014.


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