A cost-benefit, willingness-to-pay analysis of the preventive pharmacological antiemetic treatment in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Abstract
Background: One of the most significant breakthroughs in this decade that has had a major impact on patient quality of life has been the development of the 5-HT3 receptor antiemetic agents. Following their wide spread adoption, the complete control of acute emesis following cisplatin-based chemotherapy was increased to approximately 70%. However, despite the use of 5-HT3s beyond the first 24 hours, up to 50% of patients still suffer from delayed emesis. The NK1 receptor antagonists are new class of antiemetic agents under investigation, which are designed to reduce the incidence of acute and delayed emesis. Early data from double blind randomized phase II trials suggest that an orally administered NK1 (Hesketh et al. 1999) can improve acute and delayed emesis control following cisplatin by 20% and 30% respectively. Objective: To measure the value that cancer patients place on improved emesis control and quality of life. Design: A consumer based Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) analysis Pa ...
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