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. 2023 Oct 16;18:326. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02925-w

Table 1.

Model parameters

Variable Baseline value Range References
Minimum Maximum
NI: Log-normal PFS survival mode λ = 1.93843, γ = 1.26135 [10]
C: Log-logistic PFS survival mode λ = 7.53780, γ = 2.29427 [10]
NI: OS survival mode
 NI-A: WeibullPH OS survival mode λ = 0.0241553, γ = 1.1284343 [10]
 NI-E: Log-logistic OS survival mode λ = 19.01452, γ = 1.51241 [10]
 NI-N: Exponential OS survival mode λ = 0.0412831 [10]
C: OS survival mode
 C-A: Log-logistic OS survival mode λ = 14.25065, γ = 1.76236 [10]
 C-E: Log-logistic OS survival mode λ = 16.70245, γ = 1.70694 [10]
 C-N: Log-logistic OS survival mode λ = 9.03382, γ = 2.1$77.96 1 [10]
NI: Incidence of AEs, %
 Asthenia 0 [10]
 Anemia 0.33 0.27 0.40 [10]
 Neutropenia 0.67 0.53 0.80 [10]
C: Incidence of AEs, %
 Asthenia 4.20 3.36 5.04 [10]
 Anemia 11.27 9.02 13.52 [10]
 Neutropenia 15.14 12.11 18.17 [10]
Utility
 PFS 0.706 0.565 0.847 [19]
 PD 0.565 0.452 0.678 [19]
 Death 0 [19]
 Asthenia  − 0.07  − 0.04  − 0.11 [20]
 Anemia  − 0.073  − 0.037  − 0.110 [21]
 Neutropenia  − 0.20  − 0.15  − 0.25 [21]
Drug cost per mg, USD
 Nivolumab 15.96 6.44 19.16 [13]
 Ipilimumab 77.96 38.98 93.55 [13]
 Pemetrexed 0.88 0.05 6.40 [13]
 Cisplatin 0.12 0.01 0.83 [13]
 Carboplatin 0.09 0.02 0.33 [13]
 Vinorelbine 1.52 0.06 5.61 [13]
 Gemcitabine 0.07  < 0.01 0.36 [13]
Administration IV, first hour, USD 7.83 6.27 9.40 [22]
Outpatient follow-up visit, per cycle, USD 69.13 51.85 86.29 [23]
AEs cost per 1-month cycle, first cycle only, USD
 Asthenia 96.05 67.24 124.87 [24]
 Anemia 500.78 445.76 545.54 [21]
 Neutropenia 434.57 0.00 1,290.65 [21]
Body area surface/m2 1.72 1.50 1.90 [18]
Weight/kg 65.00 48.75 81.25 [18]
Creatinine clearance/mL min−1 60 [18]
Discount rate 0.05 0 0.08 [25]

NI Nivolumab plus ipilimumab, PFS Progression-free survival, C Pemetrexed plus cisplatin/carboplatin, OS Overall survival, A All randomized patients, E Patients with epithelioid histology, N Patients with non-epithelioid histology, AEs Adverse events, USD United States Dollar, PD Progressed disease, IV Intravenous injection