2024
Cost-Effectiveness of Eltrombopag Plus Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Immunosuppressive Therapy Alone in Adults with Severe Aplastic Anemia in the United States
Potnis K, Ito S, Patel K, Shallis R, Podoltsev N, Kewan T, Stempel J, Mendez L, Huntington S, Stahl M, Zeidan A, Bewersdorf J, Goshua G. Cost-Effectiveness of Eltrombopag Plus Immunosuppressive Therapy Versus Immunosuppressive Therapy Alone in Adults with Severe Aplastic Anemia in the United States. Blood 2024, 144: 3644. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-204312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere aplastic anemiaTreatment of severe aplastic anemiaQuality-adjusted life yearsAplastic anemiaIncremental net monetary benefitDeterministic sensitivity analysisProbabilistic sensitivity analysesImmunosuppressive therapyNewly diagnosed severe aplastic anemiaCost-effectiveness of eltrombopagOral thrombopoietin receptor agonistPatients treated with eltrombopagUntreated severe aplastic anemiaHematopoietic stem cell transplantationCost-effective therapeutic strategyDevelopment of adverse eventsLonger-term follow-up dataRACE trialsLater-line therapyThrombopoietin receptor agonistsPhase I/II trialSecond-line therapyStem cell transplantationU.S. payer perspectiveFirst-line treatmentCost-effectiveness of adding quizartinib to induction chemotherapy for patients with FLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemia
Bewersdorf J, Patel K, Shallis R, Podoltsev N, Kewan T, Stempel J, Mendez L, Stahl M, Stein E, Huntington S, Goshua G, Zeidan A. Cost-effectiveness of adding quizartinib to induction chemotherapy for patients with FLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2024, 65: 1136-1144. PMID: 38648559, PMCID: PMC11265977, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2344052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality-adjusted life yearsCompletion of consolidation therapyFLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemiaAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioProbabilistic sensitivity analysesImproved overall survivalHematopoietic cell transplantationPartitioned survival analysis modelAcute myeloid leukemiaCost-effectiveness ratioFLT3 inhibitor quizartinibHealth economic implicationsConsolidation therapyInduction chemotherapyAverage wholesale priceOverall survivalCell transplantationContinuous therapyMyeloid leukemiaITD mutationQuizartinibIncremental costCost-effective optionLife years
2023
Cost-effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma
Potnis K, Di M, Isufi I, Gowda L, Seropian S, Foss F, Forman H, Huntington S. Cost-effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma. Blood Advances 2023, 7: 801-810. PMID: 36342852, PMCID: PMC10011202, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCAR T-cell therapyT-cell therapyQuality-adjusted life yearsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioCAR T cellsChimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapySOC therapyFollicular lymphomaT cellsLife yearsR FLRefractory follicular lymphomaT cell strategiesThird-line settingLines of therapyIncremental clinical benefitUS payer perspectiveCost-effectiveness ratioTherapy remissionUnselected patientsCare therapyClinical benefitClinical trialsTreatment strategiesPayer perspective
2021
Evaluation of the Cost-effectiveness of Doublet Therapy in Metastatic BRAF Variant Colorectal Cancer
Patel KK, Stein S, Lacy J, O’Hara M, Huntington SF. Evaluation of the Cost-effectiveness of Doublet Therapy in Metastatic BRAF Variant Colorectal Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2033441. PMID: 33433598, PMCID: PMC7804917, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.33441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioCost-effectiveness ratioDoublet therapyStandard chemotherapyColorectal cancerCost-effectiveness modelProbabilistic sensitivity analysesParametric survival modelingBEACON trialEconomic evaluationMAIN OUTCOMECurrent pricingLife yearsIncremental costLifetime costsBest supportive careLines of therapyProlonged overall survivalLarge clinical trialsClinical trial designHigh microsatellite instabilityCumulative costsOverall survivalSupportive care
2020
Cost-Effectiveness of Once-Weekly Selinexor, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone (SVd) Versus Twice-Weekly Bortezomib and Dexamethasone (Vd) in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Patel K, Parker T, Di M, Bar N, Huntington S, Giri S. Cost-Effectiveness of Once-Weekly Selinexor, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone (SVd) Versus Twice-Weekly Bortezomib and Dexamethasone (Vd) in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma. Blood 2020, 136: 51-52. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-141972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioQuality-adjusted life yearsBest supportive careRefractory multiple myelomaMultiple myelomaSupportive careProbabilistic sensitivity analysesDisease progressionIncremental effectivenessIncremental costPost-progression therapyTwice-weekly bortezomibLarge randomized trialsProgression-free survivalUS payer perspectiveIncremental lifetime costOne-way sensitivity analysesCost-effectiveness ratioQuality of lifeCost of treatmentCost-effectiveness analysisVD progressionAnnual discount rateAdverse eventsHazard ratioCost-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