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Acute promyelocytic leukemia cost-effectiveness of therapy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
A limited number of cost-effective studies have been done. In summary, these studies showed that all-trans retinoic acid-based therapy is more cost effective than chemotherapy.
Cost-effectiveness of therapy
Cost-effectiveness of therapy
A limited number of cost-effectiveness studies have been performed in acute promyelocytic leukemia. One comprehensive cost-effective analysis studied the costs of therapy.
- The combination of all-trans retinoic acid plus idarubicin was more cost-effective than the combination of all-trans retinoic acid plus cytarabine plus additional chemotherapy.[1]
- The incremental cost-effective ratio for all-trans retinoic acid plus idarubicin was $2933 per life year saved and $3122 per quality-adjusted life year gained.[1]
- The combination of all-trans retinoic acid plus arsenic trioxide was more cost-effective than all-trans retinoic acid plus idarubicin.[1]
- The incremental cost-effective ratio for all-trans retinoic acid plus arsenic trioxide was $4512 per life year saved and $5614 per quality-adjusted life year gained.[1]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tallman M, Lo-Coco F, Barnes G, Kruse M, Wildner R, Martin M; et al. (2015). “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Treating Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Patients With Arsenic Trioxide and Retinoic Acid in the United States”. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 15 (12): 771–7. doi:10.1016/j.clml.2015.07.634. PMC 5028894. PMID 26361645.
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