Base case | Low | High | [Ref.] | |
Median OS months | ||||
No selection# | 5.6 | 4.6 | 7.0 | [8] |
Clinical selection | ||||
Positive¶ | 9.4 | 5.5 | 12.7 | [8] |
Negative+ | 8.0 | 5.1 | 10.4 | [8] |
EGFR-based selection | ||||
Positive§ | 14.4 | 8.0 | 20.6 | [8] |
Negativeƒ | 8.0 | 5.1 | 10.4 | [8] |
Median PFS months | ||||
No selection# | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | [8] |
Clinical selection | ||||
Positive¶ | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.8 | [8] |
Negative+ | 2.8 | 2.2 | 4.2 | [8] |
EGFR-based selection | ||||
Positiveƒ | 8.4 | 3.0 | 15.3 | [8] |
Negative## | 2.8 | 2.2 | 4.2 | [20] |
Health state utilities | [23, 24] | |||
Stable disease on oral therapy | 0.670 | 0.27 | 0.80 | |
Stable disease on i.v. therapy | 0.653 | 0.26 | 0.78 | |
Progressive disease | 0.473 | 0.19 | 0.56 | |
Death | 0 | |||
Prevalence of EGFR mutation | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.15 | [8] |
Cost of medical services and drugs € | ||||
Erlotinib 30-day supply 150 mg | 2174.7 | |||
Mean duration of erlotinib treatment months | 2.5 | 0.1 | 26.0 | |
Docetaxel per mg | 10.7 | |||
Mean number of docetaxel cycles | 3.7±1.9 | |||
Cost of hospitalisation for docetaxel administration | 368 | |||
Frequency of hospitalisation for adverse events | 0.44±0.84 | [25] | ||
G-CSF injection per cycle | 557.4 | 1627 | 3021 | |
Erythropoietin per cycle | 199.1 | 91 | 400 | |
Palliative care after progression per month | 2324 | |||
EGFR test | 130 |
OS: overall survival; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; PFS: progression-free survival; G-CSF: granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. #: n=522; ¶: n=114; +: n=408; §: n=44; ƒ: n=478; ##: n=75.