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. 2020 Jun 10;8:440. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00440

TABLE 3.3.

Comparison between therapies – quantitative analysis.

CLET (Holoclar®) SLET
Up-front cost of therapy € 93,907 (cost of surgery) € 21,000
Long-term healthcare costs
Long-term stability** 23.4% failures up to 10 years (based on a proven follow-up) 24.8% failures up to 4 years (based on a proven 4 years follow-up) + 6 years hypothetical stability (best case) Or 6 years potential 100% failure (worst case)
Total potential cost of failures § in 10 years (follow-up) € 206,802 € 220,943–€ 618,639
Total potential partial cost including surgery € 300,709 € 241,943–€ 639,639

In this table, the percentage of failure has been calculated from Rama et al. (2010) for Holoclar® and Basu et al. (2016) for SLET. **Failure rate and long-term stability were calculated on reported successful outcomes and proven 10 years follow-up for Holoclar® (Rama et al., 2010), and 4 years follow-up reported for SLET (Basu et al., 2016). The following 6 years (required to compare the data with ATMP) of SLET have been considered as a range: from a best case scenario as stable percentage of failure (24.8%) (Basu et al., 2016) to the worst case of late failure (100%). § The cost of failure was based on expenses for Best Supportive Care (BSC in Table 3.1).