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    Poster Session (ID 8)

    • Event: ACLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Session
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    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 11/07/2018, 00:00 - 00:00, Poster Hall
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      P044 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Icotinib vs Whole-Brain Irradiation in NSCLC Patients with Brain Metastases (ID 122)

      00:00 - 00:00  |  Author(s): N. Chen

      • Abstract

      Background:
      Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with brain metastases had a poor prognosis and quality of life. Despite the traditional methods including radiotherapy and chemotherapy, epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) might benefit patients on survival and quality of life. We investigated the cost-effectiveness of icotinib compared with WBI with or without chemotherapy for NSCLC patients with brain metastases.


      Method:
      A markov model was conducted based on the data of BRAIN trial. We compared the economic benefit among icotinib, whole-brain irradiation (WBI) alone group, WBI plus chemotherapy group, and the combination of WBI and WBI plus chemotherapy group. We considered disease progression as intracranial progression and overall progression separately. Sensitivity analyses were performed to observe the stability of the model. The willingness-to-pay (WTP) was set as 3