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. 2014 Dec;21(6):e748–e759. doi: 10.3747/co.21.1899

TABLE II.

Base-case results for cost-effectiveness of pazopanib versus placebo

Input Model

Partitioned survival (unequal pps and costs of ptact) Markov cohort (equal pps and costs of ptact)


Pazopanib Placebo Pazopanib vs. placebo Pazopanib Placebo Pazopanib vs. placebo
Effectiveness
  Life-years (lys) 1.409 1.294 0.115 1.409 1.166 0.243
  Progression-free life-years (pflys) 0.505 0.211 0.294 0.505 0.211 0.294
  Post-progression life-years (pplys) 0.904 1.082 −0.179 0.904 0.954 −0.051
  Quality-adjusted life-years (qalys) 0.734 0.604 0.130 0.734 0.549 0.184
Effectiveness (discounted)
  lys 1.362 1.250 0.112 1.362 1.131 0.231
  pflys 0.502 0.211 0.291 0.502 0.211 0.291
  pplys 0.859 1.039 −0.179 0.860 0.920 −0.06
  qalys 0.713 0.585 0.128 0.713 0.535 0.178
Costs, discounted (CA$)
  Direct medical costs (health care system perspective)
    Study medication 24,262 0 24,262 24,262 0 24,262
    Administration 138 0 138 138 0 138
    Adverse events 766 194 572 766 194 572
    Other costs, pfs 1,286 541 745 1,286 541 745
    Other costs, pps 13,725 18,603 −4,877 13,727 14,036 −308
  Total direct medical costs (health care system perspective) 40,177 19,337 20,840 40,179 14,770 25,409
  Direct nonmedical and indirect costs (societal perspective) −4,862 157 −5,019 −4,862 157 −5,018
  Total direct and indirect costs (societal perspective) 35,315 19,494 15,821 35,317 14,927 20,391
Cost-effectiveness (CA$)
  Health care system perspective
    Cost/pflys 71,591 87,288
    Cost/lys 186,502 110,043
    Cost/qalys 163,336 142,511
  Societal perspective
    Cost/pflys 54,350 70,047
    Cost/lys 141,588 88,308
    Cost/qalys 124,001 114,363

pps = post-progression survival; ptact = post-treatment anticancer therapy; pfs = progression-free survival.