Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32822255›Full record

ArticleJCO oncology practice2021

Health Care Cost Associated With Contemporary Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Therapy Compared With That of Other Hematologic Malignancies.

Jennifer J Wilkes, Gary H Lyman, David R Doody, Shasank Chennupati, Laura K Becker, Pamela E Morin, Lena E Winestone, Henry J Henk, Eric J Chow

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in JCO oncology practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Potential ApproachesFrontiers in oncology · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jennifer J WilkesCenter for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle, WA.
Gary H LymanPublic Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
David R DoodyPublic Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Shasank ChennupatiPublic Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Laura K BeckerOptumLabs, Eden Prairie, MN.
Pamela E MorinOptumLabs, Eden Prairie, MN.
Lena E WinestoneUniversity of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA.
Henry J HenkOptumLabs, Eden Prairie, MN.
Eric J ChowCenter for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle, WA.

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Marian Esvelt · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeGiven the widespread introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), we evaluated the cost associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) care compared with the cost of care for patients with hematologic malignancies (HEM) and for patients without cancer (GEN), to aid with resource allocation and clinical decision making.

methodsA retrospective cohort was constructed from the OptumLabs Data Warehouse using claims from 2000 to 2016. Eligible patients had ≥ 2 CML claims and were enrolled continuously for ≥ 6 months before diagnosis and ≥ 1 year afterward (n = 1,909). Patients with CML were frequency matched 4:1 with HEM and GEN cohorts and were observed through October 2017. We used generalized linear models to assess the variation in total mean annualized health care costs in the 3 cohorts and to examine the influence of factors associated with costs.

resultsMean annualized costs for CML were $82,054 (ie, $25,471 [95% CI, $20,808 to $30,133] more than those for HEM and $74,993 [95% CI, $70,818 to $79,167] more than those for GEN); these differences were driven by pharmacy costs in the CML group. The cost of CML care exceeded that for HEM and GEN for all index years in this study and increased over each diagnostic interval until 2015, peaking at $91,990. The mean annual cost of all TKIs increased. Imatinib's mean annualized cost was $41,546 in the period 2000-2004 but increased to $105,069 in the period 2015-2017. In multivariable analysis, percent days on TKIs had the greatest influence on cost: ≥ 75% of the time versus none showed a difference in cost of $108,716 (95% CI, $99,193 to $118,239).

conclusionContemporary CML costs exceeded the cost of treatment of other hematologic malignancies. Cost was primarily driven by TKIs, whose cost continued to increase over time.

Indexed as

Hematologic NeoplasmsLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveHealth Care CostsHumansProtein Kinase InhibitorsRetrospective StudiesProtein Kinase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID32822255
PMCPMC8189599

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.