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. 2018 Dec 5;13(12):e0208063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208063

Table 1. General characteristics of included cost-effectiveness analyses and model-based economic evaluations.

Reference Country Patients Sample size (IG,CG) Mean/median age (IG,CG) Time horizon Model type Data source Perspective Year of pricing
CEA
Andronis et al. [57] UK mCRPC 707 (350,357) 69a Lifetime RCT PAY 2012
Bloomfield et al. [58] CAN CRCP 114 n.a. Lifetime RCT PAY 1996
James et al. [59] UK mCRPC 707 (350,357) 69a Lifetime RCT SOC 2012
Reed et al. [60] AT, AU, BE, CAN, FR, DE, IT, NZ, SE, CH, UK, US mCRPC 360 (181,179) 73 15 months RCT PAY 2000
MEE
Carter et al. [61] FR, DE, PT, NL mCRPC 72 n.a. Decision model Saad et al. [93] PAY 2007
Collins et al. [56] UK mCRPC 180 months Markov model Tannok et al. [19] PAY 2003
Gong & Hay [62] US mCRPC 70 Lifetime Markov model De Bono et al. [14], Kantoff et al. [16] SOC 2013
Holko & Kawalec [63] US CRPC Lifetime Markov model Kantoff et al. [16] PAY 2012
Konski [64] US mCRPC with bone metastases 24 months Markov model Various studies [94100] PAY 2004b
Massoudi et al. [65] US mCRPC 12 months Statistical analysis Beer et al. [13], Rathkopf et al. [101] PAY 2015
Peters et al. [55] NL mCRPC Lifetime Markov model Various studies [15, 17, 18, 102] SOC 2017
Pilon et al. [66] US mCRPC n.a. Statistical analysis Various studies [13, 25, 101, 103] PAY 2015
Pollard et al. [67] US mCRPC Lifetime Decision-tree model Various studies [1419, 104] PAY 2017b
Snedecor et al. [68] US mCRPC with bone metastases 27 months Markov model Fizazi et al. [102] PAY 2010
Stopeck et al. [69] US mCRPC with bone metastases Lifetime Markov model Fizazi et al. [102], Stopeck et al. [105], Henry et al. [106] PAY 2011
Wilson et al. [70] US DX-refractory mCRPC 18 months Decision-tree model De Bono et al. [14], De Bono et al. [15], Scher et al. [18] PAY 2012
Xie et al. [71] US mCRPC with bone metastases 12 months, 36 months Markov model Fizazi et al. [102] PAY 2010
Zhong et al. [72] US DX-refractory mCRPC 18 months Decision-tree model De Bono et al. [14], De Bono et al. [15] SOC 2010
Zubek & Konski [73] US CRPC 120 months Markov model Cordon-Cardo et al. [107] PAY 2006

AT: Austria, AU: Australia, BE: Belgium, CAN: Canada, CEA: cost-effectiveness analysis, CG: control group, CH: Switzerland, CRPC: castration-resistant prostate cancer, DE: Germany, DX: docetaxel, FR: France, IG: intervention group, IT: Italy, mCRPC: metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, MEE: model-based economic evaluation, n.a.: not available, NL: the Netherlands, NZ: New Zealand, PAY: costs are reported from the perspective of a third-party payer, PT: Portugal, SE: Sweden, SOC: costs are reported from the perspective of the society, UK: United Kingdom, US: United States.

a based on a larger data set

b The submission year/study year was assumed as base year.