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. 2020 Aug 17;5(4):e000774. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000774

Table 3.

Pharmaceutical therapy and ADR-related costs

Products Patients (N) % of patients Total pharmaceutical therapy costs per 28-day cycle
CDΚi
 Palbociclib 301 82.5 771 186.08 €
 Ribociclib 64 17.5 170 917.76 €
Combination therapies
 Letrozole 166 45.5 3 962.42 €
 Fulvestrant 196 53.7 48 231.68 €
 Tamoxifen 2 0.5 7.44 €
 None 1 0.3 0.00 €
Average pharmaceutical therapy cost per 28-day cycle per patient 2 724.12 €
ADRs N of grade 3–4 ADRs ADR-related costs
Neutropenia 77 74 690.00 €
Anaemia 7 6 790.00 €
Thrombocytopenia 7 6 790.00 €
Blood toxicity 1 970.00 €
Diarrhoea 1 1 033.00 €
Stomatitis 1 231.00 €
Total cost 90 504.00 €

ADR, adverse drug reaction; CDKi, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor; N, number.