• 1. Affiliated Fuyang Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Fuyang, 236000, P.R.China;
  • 2. PHARMAC, Wellington, 006012, New Zealand;
  • 3. Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing, 100043, P.R.China;
DING Ningxin, Email: cynical_ding@live.cn
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Objectives To evaluate the economic efficacy of nab-paclitaxel (NAB-P) combined with gemcitabine (GEM) versus GEM alone in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in China.Methods A Markov model simulating the costs and health outcomes was developed to estimate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). The impact of parameter uncertainty on the model was assessed by deterministic one-way sensitivity analysis.Results NAB-P combined with GEM was shown superior efficacy compared to gemcitabine monotherapy, however with higher costs. The ICER between the two groups was 964 780.79¥/QALY.Conclusions Compared with gemcitabine monotherapy, NAB-P combined with GEM is not cost-effective. The conclusion is confirmed by deterministic one-way sensitivity analysis.

Citation: WANG Yaling, DING Ningxin, LI Wenxiong. Nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine vs. gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer in China: a health economic evaluation. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(9): 1101-1105. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201901013 Copy

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