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Mashup Score: 4
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) involves the synthesis of a broad body of clinical, humanistic and economic evidence in order to determine the relative benefit of health technologies. Guidelines set out by HTA bodies seek to provide general guidance on the methodological standards for evidence to be submitted for their consideration, and some insight into the relative value that will be…
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Background: Numerous authors have used the ‘parachute’ analogy to comment on the importance of and need for randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) in the hierarchy of medical evidence. Methods: The authors completed a retrospective literature analysis examining publications citing the 2003 parachute paper by Smith and Pell and a 2018 RCT of a parachute by Yeh et al. For all of the articles that…
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Mashup Score: 0Cost–effectiveness of brentuximab vedotin for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma | Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - 2 year(s) ago
Aim: To assess the cost–effectiveness of brentuximab vedotin (BV) versus physician’s choice (methotrexate or bexarotene) for treating advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Materials & methods: A partitioned-survival model was developed from the National Health Service perspective in England and Wales. Model inputs were informed by the ALCANZA trial, real-world UK data, published literature or…
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