OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the economical efficiency of gemcitabine (G), gemcitabine combined with oxaliplatin (GM), gemcitabine combined with S-1 (GS) in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). METHODS: From the perspective of patients, Markov model was constructed to calculate long-term cost and health outcomes of 3 chemotherapy regimens in Chinese APC patients aged 18-75 old. Cost-effectiveness analysis were used to determine the economic level according to willingness-to-pay (WTP). The sensitivity analysis was conducted for cost, effectiveness and other indexes. RESULTS: The results of cost-effectiveness analysis showed that the cost effectiveness ratio (C/E) of G regimen in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer was 145 228.52 yuan/12.26 QALMs; C/E of the GM regimen was 154 783.88 yuan/11.39 QALMs; C/E of GS regimen was 315 485.28 yuan/23.26 QALMs; and the G regimen was the best option. The incremental cost-effectiveness (ICER) of GS and G regimen was 15 479.64, exceeded the WTP (12 563 yuan) set in this sutdy, while ICER of GM and G regimen was -10 999.89, and the GM regimen was absolutely inferior. Results of sensitivity analysis showed that ICER of G regimen vs. GM regimen was unstable and influenced greatly by the parameters of the model. Results of ICER analysis of G regimen vs. GS regimen and GM regimen vs. GS regimen kept stable. Compared to GS regimen, G regimen showed cost-effectiveness characteristics and GM regimen showed economic characteristics; the superiority was relatively less obvious. CONCLUSIONS: Within the level of WTP, cost-effectiveness analysis shows that gemcitabine is the optimal solution. However, sensitivity analysis result can not yet determine which scheme is the best one.
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir versus Elbasvir/Grazoprevir in Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1b Treatment-naive Patients without Cirrhosis