2020
Cost-effectiveness of first-line vs third-line ibrutinib in patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Patel KK, Isufi I, Kothari S, Davidoff AJ, Gross CP, Huntington SF. Cost-effectiveness of first-line vs third-line ibrutinib in patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2020, 136: 1946-1955. PMID: 32518952, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020004922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioHealth care costsFirst-line ibrutinibLifetime direct health care costsCare costsCost-effectiveness ratioParametric survival modelingUnselected older adultsDirect health care costsUS payer perspectiveCurrent pricingLife yearsFixed-duration treatmentIncremental costIncremental effectivenessPayer perspectiveHigher health care costsIbrutinib armScenario analysisMonthly costCostPricingChronic lymphocytic leukemiaMarkov model
2015
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Routine Surveillance Imaging of Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in First Remission
Huntington SF, Svoboda J, Doshi JA. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Routine Surveillance Imaging of Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in First Remission. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 1467-1474. PMID: 25823735, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.58.5729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost-Benefit AnalysisDecision Support TechniquesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Health Care CostsHumansImmunotherapyLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseMarkov ChainsMiddle AgedModels, EconomicMultimodal ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsQuality-Adjusted Life YearsRadiopharmaceuticalsRemission InductionTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsDiffuse large B-cell lymphomaQuality-adjusted life yearsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioLarge B-cell lymphomaB-cell lymphomaComputed tomographySurveillance imagingCost-effectiveness analysisSurveillance strategiesFirst remissionFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomographyPositron emission tomography-computed tomographyEmission tomography-computed tomographyPET/CT scansPET/Computed TomographyFirst-line immunochemotherapyRoutine surveillance imagingMinimal survival benefitDecision-analytic Markov modelLittle clinical benefitRoutine computed tomographyImproved clinical outcomesTomography-computed tomographyCost-effectiveness ratioProbabilistic sensitivity analyses