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. 2019 Dec 23;37(2):800–818. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01186-z

Table 7.

Per-population results of the sensitivity analysis covering all PICOSTEPS components (€)

Analysis Cladribine tablets Fingolimod (difference to cladribine tablets) Natalizumab (difference to cladribine tablets) Treatment mix (difference to cladribine tablets)
Base case 19,995,689 4,598,742 16,249,701 6,928,934
50% of patients women 20,291,004 4,303,427 15,954,386 6,633,619
90% of patients women 19,754,067 4,840,363 16,491,322 7,170,555
Age of the population 36 years 20,323,777 4,270,654 15,921,613 6,600,845
Patient weight based on Finnish real-life distribution 20,178,296 4,416,134 16,067,093 6,746,326
Annual adherence drop 10% after 1st year 19,033,150 2,038,510 12,049,898 4,040,788
No screening costs 19,822,386 4,631,370 16,280,555 6,961,207
Time horizon 3 years 19,875,290 − 1,282,280 7,314,798 437,136
Fingolimod utilization: 14 28-tablet packs during the 1st year, 13 packs thereafter 19,995,689 4,930,645 16,249,701 7,194,456
Natalizumab utilization: 14 administrations during the 1st year, 13 administrations thereafter 19,995,689 4,598,742 19,951,070 7,669,207
Cost of natalizumab administration €934.50 19,995,689 4,598,742 24,645,460 8,608,085
Cost of natalizumab administration €373.00 19,995,689 4,598,742 17,098,900 7,098,773
All cost inputs −20% 15,996,551 3,678,993 12,999,761 5,543,147
All cost inputs +20% 23,994,826 5,518,490 19,499,641 8,314,720
24% of cladribine users assumed to switch to fingolimod on the fourth year 21,548,433 3,045,997 14,696,957 5,376,189
Direct costs only 19,890,489 4,541,817 15,650,099 6,763,473
Direct costs only, no travelling costs 19,823,970 4,514,509 15,145,366 6,640,680