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ArticleBMJ open2021

Cost-effectiveness of oral anticancer drugs and associated individualised dosing approaches in patients with cancer: protocol for a systematic review.

Madelé van Dyk, Norma Bulamu, Chelsea Boylan, Anna M Mc Laughlin, Ganessan Kichenadasse, Nikki May, Robin Michelet, Charlotte Kloft, Billingsley Kaambwa

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Madelé van DykFlinders Health & Medical Research Institute- Cancer, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia madele.vandyk@flinders.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8721-6370
Norma BulamuFlinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Chelsea BoylanFlinders Health & Medical Research Institute- Cancer, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Anna M Mc LaughlinDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5936-1877
Ganessan KichenadasseFlinders Health & Medical Research Institute- Cancer, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Nikki MaySA Health Library Service, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Robin MicheletDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Charlotte KloftDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Billingsley KaambwaHealth Economics, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Flinders University · AUFreie Universität Berlin · DESA Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOral anticancer drugs (OADs) have rapidly expanded with more than 70 OADs targeting several molecular targets. Many of the OADs exert an exposure-response relationship but still, a 'one-size fits-all' dose is used, ignoring interindividual variability. Several of these OADs share similar mechanisms of actions and thus target the same cancer and has resulted in a substantial research focus on comparing the health benefit of each. However, significantly less is known about the cost-benefit associated with OADs. This paper will provide a protocol to systematically review studies that have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of OADs and their associated individualised dosing interventions. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Systematic review methodology will be applied to identify, select and extract data from published economic evaluation (costs and outcomes/benefits) studies of OADs and their associated individualised dosing interventions. Bibliographic databases (eg, Ovid EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE) will be used to perform the systematic literature search (between 1 January 2000 and October 2020). Only full economic evaluations will be included, but no restrictions on study outcomes will be applied. The quality of included primary studies will be assessed using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards checklist for reporting economic evaluations. Studies with low-quality evidence will be excluded. A narrative synthesis of the results from the included studies will be undertaken, with a subgroup analysis where appropriate. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This systematic review will not require ethics approval as there will not be any collection of primary data. Findings of this review will be disseminated through publications in peer-reviewed journals, presentations at workshops or conferences and sharing through a media release. Findings from this review will provide evidence to direct and inform policy-makers where cost-neutral strategies may be effective or where dose individualising strategies may be economically beneficial. Additionally, gaps will be identified in the current literature to inform future-related research. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020218170. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: The online version of this article contains supplemental material, which is available to authorised users.

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Antineoplastic AgentsNeoplasmsCost-Benefit AnalysisHumansSystematic Reviews as TopicAntineoplastic Agentsclinical pharmacologyhealth economicsoncologyoral medicine

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PMID34404700
PMCPMC8372804
OpenAlexW3194742716

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