ArticleRadiation oncology (London, England)2020
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis of nimotuzumab for the radiotherapy of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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- Efficacy and Safety of Nimotuzumab in Combination with Radiotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy for Local Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current cancer drug targets · 2024Pooled it
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- Role of PET/CT in improving the cost effectiveness of nimotuzumab in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2024Article
- Cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy in patients with platinum-pretreated, recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2024Article
- Addition of nimotuzumab to concurrent chemoradiotherapy after induction chemotherapy improves outcomes of patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy combined with nimotuzumab in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with cervical lymph node metastasis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Article
- PET/CT standardized uptake value and EGFR expression predicts treatment failure in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2023Article
- Were economic evaluations well reported for the newly listed oncology drugs in China's national reimbursement drug list.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Efficacy and safety of nimotuzumab combined with chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Reflecting on the utility of standardized uptake values onBMC cancer · 2022Article
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: The Role of the EGFR in Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nimotuzumab in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LA-NPC).
methodsLA-NPC patients treated between October 2013 and December 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. A well-balanced cohort of patients who received nimotuzumab in addition to standard treatment (n = 50) and patients who did not receive nimotuzumab (n = 100) was selected using propensity score-matching method (1:2 ratio) for the cost-effectiveness analysis.
resultsCompared with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) alone, addition of nimotuzumab to CCRT significantly improved the 3-year overall survival (OS) (98.00% vs. 91.00%, P = 0.032). On multivariate analysis, nimotuzumab (hazard ratio = 0.124, 95% confidence interval: 0.017-0.902, P = 0.039) showed prognostic significance for OS. No serious treatment-related adverse events were observed in the nimotuzumab group (P > 0.05). Cost-effectiveness analysis revealed that addition of nimotuzumab increased the average treatment costs by $14,364.63. The additional cost for every one percent increase in OS rate was $ 2,052.09.
conclusionAddition of nimotuzumab to CCRT for LA-NPC confers significant survival benefits; however, it is not cost-effective.
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