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. 2024 Aug 15;14(5):e200340. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200340

Table 1.

Model Parameters

Parameter Base case Lower Upper Probabilistic distribution Source
General model settings
 Patient age (all populations) 40 Assumption
 Annual discount rate 3% Neumann11
 Sensitivity analyses, range % +/- 25% Assumption
 Number of probabilistic analysis simulations 5,000 Assumption
Prefunctional decline population assumptions
 CAG repeats 40 Advisory board
 Total functional capacity (TFC) score 13 Advisory board
 Total motor score (TMS)a 2 Advisory board
 Symbol digit modalities test (SDMT) scorea 50 Advisory board
Natural history outcomes for SF1 (TFC 13-11)
 Total functional capacity (TFC) score baseline 12.2 TRACK-HD16
 TFC 12-mo Δ −0.910 −1.360 −0.620 Normal TRACK-HD16
 TFC 36-mo Δ −1.989 Correlated TRACK-HD17
 Annual TFC transition probabilityb 0.651 Varies with SLRc SLR-derivedc
Natural history outcomes for SF2 (TFC 10-7)
 Total functional capacity (TFC) score baseline 8.7 TRACK-HD16
 TFC 12-mo Δ −0.440 −0.780 −0.130 Normal TRACK-HD16
 TFC 36-mo Δ −1.974 Correlated TRACK-HD17
 Annual TFC transition probability 0.669 Varies with SLRc SLR-derivedc
Health state utilities
 Premanifest 0.86 0.84 0.87 Beta Jiang27
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 1 (TFC 11–13) 0.78 0.72 0.85 Beta Rodríguez-Santana28
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 2 (TFC 7–10) 0.66 0.59 0.73 Beta Rodríguez-Santana28
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 3 (TFC 3–6) 0.54 0.48 0.61 Beta Rodríguez-Santana28
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 4–5 (TFC 0–2) 0.22 0.11 0.32 Beta Rodríguez-Santana28
Direct medical costs
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 1 (TFC 13-11) $13,183 $5,723 $20,644 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 2 (TFC 10-7) $16,549 $3,786 $29,311 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 3 (TFC 6-3) $20,189 $5,404 $34,974 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 4 (TFC 2-1) $48,031 $18,983 $77,080 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 5 (TFC 0) $25,217 $0 $55,668 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
Societal costs
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 1 (TFC 13-11) $30,691 $11,333 $50,048 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 2 (TFC 10-7) $41,676 $15,390 $67,962 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 3 (TFC 6-3) $110,142 $38,727 $185,849 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 4 (TFC 2-1) $58,561 $1,724 $115,398 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
 Shoulson and Fahn stage 5 (TFC 0) $36,409 $1,072 $71,746 Log-normal Rodríguez-Santana29
a

For low-education (high school only) population.

b

Also used for the prefunctional decline (PFD) population once progression commences.

c

SLR = simple linear regression of TRACK-HD baseline, 1-year, and 3-year TFC scores.