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Table 1 Model parameters, baseline values, ranges, and distributions for sensitivity analyses

From: Cost-effectiveness of pemigatinib as a second-line treatment for advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 fusions in Taiwan: from the evidence of the phase II trial and the perspective of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Administration

Parameters and distributions

Estimated value

DSA

PSA

Source

Range (± 25%)

Distribution

1. Overall survival

     

   Pemigatinib: Weibull

Scale: 22.065

Shape: 1.536

17.486

1.184

27.843

1.993

Normal (22.065, 2.619)

Normal (1.536, 0.204)

(5, 12)

   mFOLFOX: log-normal

Intercept: 1.834

Scale: 0.873

1.642

0.742

2.023

1.027

Normal (1.834, 0.098)

Normal (0.873, 0.072)

(12, 16)

   5-FU: log-normal

Intercept: 1.764

Scale: 0.816

1.586

0.691

1.943

0.965

Normal (1.764, 0.091)

Normal (0.816, 0.07)

(12, 17)

2. Progression-free survival

   Pemigatinib:  log-normal

Intercept: 1.962

Scale: 0.971

1.76

0.82

2.164

1.15

Normal (1.962, 0.103)

Normal (0.971, 0.084)

(5, 12)

   mFOLFOX: log-normal

Intercept: 1.430

Scale: 0.754

1.265

0.643

1.595

0.885

Normal (1.43, 0.084)

Normal (0.754, 0.062)

(12, 16)

   5-FU:  log-normal

Intercept: 0.8

Scale: 1.067

0.57

0.91

1.031

1.251

Normal (0.8, 0.118)

Normal (1.067, 0.087)

(12, 17)

3. Genetic testing fee (NT$)

30,000

22,500

37,500

Uniform (22,500, 37,500)

Market price

4. Medication cost (per year, NT$)

   Pemigatinib

4,336,200

3,252,150

5,420,250

Uniform (3,252,150, 5,420,250)

(13)

   mFOLFOX

412,087

309,065

515,108

Gamma (412,087, 617,747)

(12)

   5-FU

177,759

133,320

222,199

Gamma (177,759, 282,466)

(12)

5. Nonmedication cost (per year, NT$)

   Pemigatinib

291,576

218,682

364,470

Gamma (291,576, 691,057)

(12)

   Chemotherapy

856,986

642,740

1,071,233

Gamma (856,986, 1,067,455)

(12)

6. Supportive care cost (per year, NT$)

497,710

373,283

622,138

Gamma (497,710, 576,562)

(12)

7. Utility

   Progression-free state

0.760

0.57

0.95

Beta (4.7, 1.5)

(21)

   Postprogression state

0.680

0.51

0.85

Beta (29, 13.6)

(21)

8. Disutility

   Intravenous therapy

0.025

0.0188

0.0313

 

(10, 20)

   Grade 3 and higher AEs

0.160

0.1200

0.2000

Beta (36, 193)

(22)

9. Discount rate (per year)

0.03

0.0000

0.0500

 

(28)

10. Conversion factor

0.9

  

Uniform (0.8, 1)

 
  1. Costs listed in 2022 Taiwan dollars
  2. 5-FU fluorouracil, AE adverse event, DSA deterministic sensitivity analysis, FGFR2 fibroblast growth factor receptor 2, mFOLFOX a combination of oxaliplatin, folinic acid, and fluorouracil, PSA probabilistic sensitivity analysis