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ArticleCancer biology & therapy2015

Cost-effectiveness of RAS screening before monoclonal antibodies therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer based on FIRE3 Study.

Feng Wen, Yu Yang, Pengfei Zhang, Jian Zhang, Jing Zhou, Ruilei Tang, Hongdou Chen, Hanrui Zheng, Ping Fu, Qiu Li

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Article in Cancer biology & therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Feng Wena Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Yu Yanga Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Pengfei Zhanga Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Jian Zhanga Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Jing Zhoua Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Ruilei Tanga Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Hongdou Chena Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Hanrui Zhengb West China Biostatistics and Cost-Benefit Analysis Center; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Ping Fub West China Biostatistics and Cost-Benefit Analysis Center; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
Qiu Lia Department of Medical Oncology ; Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University ; Chengdu , China.
State Key Laboratory of BiotherapySichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The surprising results published by FIRE-3 revealed that the overall survival (OS) of RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients treated with Cetuximab(Cmab) and FOLFIRI combination was prolonged to 33.1 months. The substantial increase in testing and treatment costs, however, impose a considerable health burden on patients and society. Hence the study was aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of RAS screening before monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) therapy based on FIRE-3 study. Four groups were analyzed: group 1, patients with KRAS testing treated with Cmab and FOLFIRI; group 2, patients with RAS testing treated with Cmab and FOLFIRI; group 3, patients with KRAS testing treated with bevacizumab(Bmab) and FOLFIRI; group 4, patients with RAS testing treated with Bmab and FOLFIRI. A Markov model comprising 3 health states (progression-free survival, progressive disease and death) was built. The costs were calculated from a Chinese payer perspective, and survival was reported in quality-adjusted life-months (QALMs). Average total lifetime costs ranged from $104,682.44 (RAS-Bmab) to $136,867.44 (RAS-Cmab), while the survival gained varied from 16.88 QALMs in RAS-Bmab to 21.85 QALMs in RAS-Cmab. The cost per QALM was $6,263.86 for RAS-Cmab, $6,145.84 for KRAS-Bmab, $6,201.57 for RAS-Bmab and $6,960.70 for KRAS-Cmab respectively. The KRAS-Cmab strategy was dominated by the other 3 groups. The first-treatment cost of RAS-Cmab was the most influential one to the model. In all, the RAS screening prior to Cmab treatment in mCRC seems to be a cost-effective strategy in the time of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) therapy with the most gained QALMs.

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PMCPMC4846122
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