Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of drug supply for chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer

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https://doi.org/10.18413/rrpharmacology.9.10037

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Introduction: In recent decades, pharmacoeconomic analysis of multiple diseases has significantly progressed; in particular, the most prevalent one is the cost-effectiveness analysis. Chemotherapy remains the leading and most effective treatment option for small cell lung cancer, which accounts for more than a quarter of all other forms of respiratory cancers.

Materials and Methods: An assessment of the incidence of lung cancer and its probable causes was carried out. The main methods used in the study were cost-of-treatment analysis, ABC/VEN analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis. Survival rates (number of years or months, interval and average number of years/ months) and the cost of a month of life were also evaluated.

Discussion: The results obtained on the basis of a questionnaire survey of patients with lung cancer demonstrate that smoking is the leading risk factor – 24.9% of the pro rata contribution. The author identified the most expensive drugs, costing 60-80% of the budget, that is scheme 2 ‘etoposide + carboplatin’, and the least expensive drugs, costing 5-10% of the budget, which are auxiliary drugs. According to the study results, patients managed following a chemotherapy regimen ‘etoposide + carboplatin’ have the highest survival rate at the highest cost of treatment compared to patients following a chemotherapy regimen ‘cyclophosphamide + doxorubicin + vincristine’, which is the least expensive.

Conclusion: Evidence-based comprehensive pharmacoeconomic model for evaluation of drug supply for chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer improves registration of history cases and allows for pharmacoeconomic cost-effectiveness analysis considering features of each patient.

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Keywords:

small cell lung cancer, chemotherapy, cost-effectiveness, pharmacoeconomics, ABC/VEN analysis, cost of the survived month

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Author Biography

Yelena A. Lunyova, Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko

Teaching Assistant of the Department of Pharmacology; e-mail: e.a.luneva97@mail.ru, ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6077-3043

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01-07-2023

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Lunyova YA (2023) Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of drug supply for chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer. Research Results in Pharmacology 9(3): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.18413/rrpharmacology.9.10037

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