S0819 Evaluating Cost Per Remission and Cost of Serious Adverse Events in Advanced Therapies for Ulcerative Colitis

Economic Evaluation of Infliximab for Treatment of Refractory Ulcerative Colitis in Iran: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

The aim of this study is to assess cost-effectiveness of infliximab, compared with conventional treatments in patients with moderate to severe Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in Iran. We developed an analytical decision model with a 5-year-time horizon to follow up 1000 hypothetical patients, in order to estimate treatment costs and outcomes. Hypothetical patients, were individuals with moderate to sev...

Evaluating cost benefits of combination therapies for advanced melanoma

BACKGROUND Although a number of monoimmunotherapies and targeted therapies are available to treat BRAF+ advanced melanoma, response rates remain relatively low in the range of 22-53% with progression-free survival (PFS) in the range of 4.8-8.8 months. Recently, combination targeted therapies have improved response rates to about 66-69%, PFS to 11.0-12.6 months and overall survival (OS) to 25.1-...

economic evaluation of infliximab for treatment of refractory ulcerative colitis in iran: cost-effectiveness analysis

the aim of this study is to assess cost-effectiveness of infliximab, compared with conventional treatments in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (uc) in iran. we developed an analytical decision model with a 5-year-time horizon to follow up 1000 hypothetical patients, in order to estimate treatment costs and outcomes. hypothetical patients, were individuals with moderate to sev...

Cost and Efficacy of Therapies for Advanced Parkinson's Disease

Review article: defining remission in ulcerative colitis.

BACKGROUND There is no international agreement on scoring systems used to measure disease activity in ulcerative colitis, nor is there a validated definition for disease remission. AIM To review the principles and components for defining remission in ulcerative colitis and propose a definition that will help improve patient outcomes. METHODS A review of current standards of remission from t...