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. 2022 Jul 12;40(9):837–850. doi: 10.1007/s40273-022-01164-4

Table 2.

Overview of inclusion of carers' health-related quality of life (HRQL)

Carers: CADTH HAS ICER NICE NCPE PBAC Pharmac SMC TLV ZiN
Elosulfase alfa Includeda Scenario analysis [30] No published assessment No published assessment Base case[31] Not mentioned [32] Not mentioned [33] No published assessment Not mentioned [34] Scenario analysis [35] No published assessment
Methodb Disutilities Disutilities Disutilities
Numberc NR 1 1
Nusinersen Includeda Not mentioned [36] Not mentioned [37] Thinking presented, excluded in analysis [38] Base case[39] [40] [41] No published assessment Not mentioned [42] Not mentioned [43] Scenario analysis [44] Scenario analysis [45] Scenario analysis [46]
Methodb Disutilities Disutilities NR Utilities Utilities
Numberc 2

Early onset: 3

Late onset: 2 (3 in worst)

NR 1 1
Ocrelizumab Includeda Scenario analysis [47] No published assessment Not mentioned [48] Base case [49] [50] [51] Not mentioned [52] Not mentioned [53] No published assessment Not mentioned [54] Scenario analysis [55] No published assessment
Methodb Disutilities Disutilities NR
Numberc NR 1 NR
Patisiran Includeda Excluded [56] No published assessment Scenario analysis [57] Base case [58] [59, 60] Not mentioned [61] No published assessment No published assessment Not mentioned[62] Scenario analysis [63] No published assessment
Methodb Disutilities Disutilities Disutilities
Numberc NR

Stage 1-2: 1

Stage 3: 2

1
Voretigene neparvovec Includeda Scenario analysis [64] No published assessment Not mentioned [65] Base case [66] [67] [68] Not mentioned [69] No published assessment No published assessment Base case [70] Scenario analysis [71] Scenario analysis [72]
Methodb NR Disutilities NR Disutilities Disutilities
Numberc NR

Company: children: 1, adults: 0.5

ERG: children 1.78, adults: 0

NR NR

Children: 1

Adults: 0.5

CADTH Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, ERG evidence review group, HAS: Haute Autorité de Santé, ICER Institute for Clinical and Economic Reviews, NCPE National Centre for PharmacoEconomics, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NR not reported, PBAC Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, SMC Scottish Medicines Consortium, TLV Tandvårds- och läkemedelsförmånsverket, ZiN Zorginstituut Nederlands

aRefers to whether carers’ HRQL was included in the model. Base case/scenario analysis/excluded refers to HTA body’s final analysis and not company submission

bRefers to the method used for including carers’ HRQL in the model. Please refer to Sect. 4.1 in the text for further information

cRefers to the number of carers whose HRQL was included in the model