Table 6.
Summary of Unscheduled Hydrations and Costsa
| Drug regimen | Patients requiring unscheduled hydrations, N | Unscheduled hydrations |
Unscheduled hydration costs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total patients, N | Minimum, N | Maximum, N | Median, N | Mean, N | Mean (total patients), N | Minimum, $ | Maximum, $ | Median, $ | Mean, $ | Mean cost (total patients), $ (N) | |||
| SC granisetron ER only | HEC | 22 | 93 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 (55) | 18 | 452 | 125 | 166 | 66 (55) |
| MEC | 16 | 43 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 (36) | 18 | 393 | 89 | 128 | 57 (36) | |
| Palonosetron only | HEC | 62 | 500 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 8 | 7 (76) | 18 | 3297 | 228 | 344 | 280 (76) |
| MEC | 10 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 (15) | 18 | 404 | 125 | 173 | 115 (15) | |
a
Includes only Current Procedural Terminology codes 96360 and 96361.
ER indicates extended-release; HEC, highly emetogenic chemotherapy; MEC, moderately emetogenic chemotherapy; SC, subcutaneous.