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Table 2 Multiple linear regression with Willingness to Pay (WTP) ranging from $0 to $500,000

From: Advantages of the net benefit regression framework for trial-based economic evaluations of cancer treatments: an example from the Canadian Cancer Trials Group CO.17 trial

Regression

Key covariates

Multiple Linear Regression Estimates of Incremental Net Benefit [SE] (p-value)

NB($0)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $0)

NB($50 k)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $50,000)

NB($100 k)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $100,000)

NB($200 k)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $200,000)

NB($300 k)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $300,000)

NB($400 k)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $400,000)

NB($500 k)

(amount by which benefits outweigh costs, when an extra QALY is worth $500,000)

cetuximab TX indicator

−14,185

[2409]

(< 0.0001)

−14,042

[2667]

(< 0.0001)

− 13,899

[4403]

(0.0017)

− 13,612

[8766]

(0.1214)

− 13,326

[13,348]

(0.3188)

− 13,040

[17,982]

(0.4688)

−12,754

[22,637]

(0.5735)

KRAS-WT

1210

[2289]

(0.5975)

2458

[2534]

(0.3327)

3707

[4184]

(0.3763)

6204

[8329]

(0.4569)

8701

[12,683]

(0.4932)

11,198

[17,086]

(0.5127)

13,695

[21,509]

(0.5248)

cetuximab TX × KRAS-WT

− 16,238

[3165]

(< 0.0001)

− 8488

[3505]

(0.0160)

−738

[5787]

(0.8986)

14,762

[11,520]

(0.2009)

30,262

[17,541]

(0.0854)

45,762

[23,631]

(0.0536)

61,262

[29,747]

(0.0402)

Overall INB estimate of cetuximab for KRAS-WT patients, $

−30,422

−22,530

− 14,637

1149

16,935

32,721

48,507

  1. Note: The reported regression coefficients were estimated while adjusting for Age, Sex, ECOG performance status, Site of primary cancer (e.g., colon only, rectum only or colon and rectum), Any previous radiotherapy, Previous chemotherapy variables (e.g., Adjuvant therapy, Number of regimens, Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin, Thymidylate synthase inhibitor), Site of disease, Number of sites of disease. The p-value is reported in parenthesis below the standard error in brackets