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. 2021 Dec 24;49(6):2037–2048. doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05656-x

Table 3.

Treatment costs (in 2020 euros [€]) over 12 months

Cost element [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE Everolimus Sunitinib
Originator Generic
Costs per 12 months (€)
Drug acquisitiona 74 000 41 587 24 995 47 517
Drug administration NA NA NA
If hospitalisation < 1 day 1412 NA NA NA
If hospitalisation > 1 day (base case) 5884 NA NA NA
Supportive treatment with SSA 10 635 13 184 13 184 13 184
PanNETs
Management of AEs (€) 54 156 156 137
Total cost (€) (base case) 90 519 54 772 38 180 60 701
Median PFS (months) 30.3 11.0 11.0 11.4
Total cost per month of PFS (€) 2989 4975 3472 5337
GI-NETs
Management of AEs (€) 54 168 168 NA
Total cost (€) 90 519 54 772 38 180
Median PFS (months) 28.4 11.0 11.0
Total cost per month of PFS (€) 3189 4990 3483

aCosts for study drug

AE adverse event, GI-NET gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours, NA not applicable, PanNET pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour, PFS progression-free survival, SSA somatostatin analogs