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. 2017 Sep;55:139–152. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.06.013

Table 7.

Mean costs, QALYs and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for the CARDERA trial.

Monotherapy Combination therapies
MTX
MTX+CS
MTX+PNS
MTX+CS+PNS
Total costsa £7503 £6829 £6323 £6203
EQ-5D-3L from trial data
Total QALYs 1.238 1.093 1.152 1.320
ICER (for col therapy vs. row therapy)
MTX only £4648 £13,714 –£15,929
MTX+CS £4648 –£8597 -£2765
MTX+PNS £13,714 –£8597 –£714



EQ-5D-5L mapped from 3L trial data (full joint copula-mixture model)
Total QALYs 1.450 1.351 1.382 1.513
ICER (for col therapy vs. row therapy)
MTX only £6,755 £17,264 –£20,728
MTX+CS £6755 –£ 16,140 –£3,857
MTX+PNS £17,264 –£ 16,140 –£917



EQ-5D-5L mapped from 3L trial data for restricted models
Demographic covariates only
Total QALYs 1.437 1.326 1.359 1.480
ICER (for col therapy vs. row therapy)
MTX only £6054 £15,137 –£30,466
MTX+CS £6054 –£15,198 –£4070
MTX+PNS £15,137 –£15,198 –£996



Independent domains
Total QALYs 1.462 1.376 1.404 1.531
ICER (for col therapy vs. row therapy)
MTX only £7851 £20,361 –£18,696
MTX+CS £7851 –£18,179 –£4033
MTX+PNS £20,361 –£18,179 –£942



Joint Gaussian model
Total QALYs 1.453 1.353 1.384 1.514
ICER (for col therapy vs. row therapy)
MTX only £6818 £17,409 –£20,708
MTX+CS £6,818 –£16,324 –£3877
MTX+PNS £17,409 –£16,324 –£920
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Present value of treatment costs over the 2-year experimental period.