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. 2023 Jun 10;41(10):1249–1262. doi: 10.1007/s40273-023-01286-3

Table 3.

Cost-effectiveness of each DCS sub-cohorts (in 2021, euro, Dutch unit costs, Dutch setting, 40 years)

Scenario 1 (base case) Scenario 2 (worst case) Scenario 3 (best case) Scenario 4 (no HR)
Trial-based cohorts
 Canagliflozin (DCS-CANVAS)
  ∆QALY 1.07 0.50 1.58 0.33
  ∆Cost 5735 2330 10,057 1324
  ICER 5382 4630 6376 3987
 Dapagliflozin (DCS-DECLARE)
  ∆QALY 0.94 0.36 2.03 0.24
  ∆Cost 4720 1980 12,298 1583
  ICER 5001 5454 6045 6476
 Empagliflozin (DCS-EMPA)
  ∆QALY 1.04 0.50 1.21 0.20
  ∆Cost 8150 3884 9529 1505
  ICER 7822 7782 7859 7538
Reimbursed cohort (DCS-ZIN)
 Canagliflozin
  ∆QALY 1.13 0.44 2.00 0.16
  ∆Cost 6226 3003 12,404 1796
  ICER 5495 6779 6192 11,509
 Dapagliflozin
  ∆QALY 0.99 0.29 2.31 0.14
  ∆Cost 5410 2371 13,880 1788
  ICER 5476 8229 6007 12,839
 Empagliflozin
  ∆QALY 1.26 0.53 1.50 0.16
  ∆Cost 6698 3413 7838 1776
  ICER 5320 6447 5228 11,303
 Weighted average of trials
  ∆QALY 0.96 0.35 1.72 0.15
  ∆Cost 5235 2591 10,089 1814
  ICER 5440 7411 5870 11,902
 RWE of SGLT2i
  ∆QALY 2.69 0.91 3.84 0.15
  ∆Cost 13,124 4908 19,960 1814
  ICER 4873 5390 5196 11,902
 For potential users in GP practice (using treatment effect from weighted average of trials)
  ∆QALY 1.06 0.43 1.54 0.26
  ∆Cost 4796 2221 7425 1591
  ICER 4530 5190 4818 6035
 For potential users in GP practice (using treatment effect from RWE)
  ∆QALY 2.45 0.85 3.65 0.26
  ∆Cost 10,053 3742 16,699 1591
  ICER 4098 4421 4577 6035

∆QALY incremental quality adjusted life years comparing SGLT2i to care-as-usual, ∆Cost incremental costs comparing SGLT2i to care-as-usual, DCS-CANVAS the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by CANagliflozin cardioVascular Assessment Study [7], DCS-DECLARE the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on the Incidence of Cardiovascular Events [8], DCS-EMPA the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by Cardiovascular Outcome Event Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient [6], DCS-ZIN the subset of Hoorn Diabetes Care System cohort filtered by Dutch reimbursement criteria (version October 2022 [25]), GP general practitioner, HR hazard ratios, ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, RWE real-world evidence, SGLT2i sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors